A paid mercenary by name Burhan Wani is liquidated by Indian forces. It should have been something of an accolade for Indian forces. But, well, all stories don’t have a happy ending. In protest of his death, complete Kashmir Valley is boiling now. As is it’s won’t, Pakistan tried to fish in troubled waters terming him a Kashmiri Leader.
Well, this is a cycle we see after every mercenary of note is liquidated. Note that I am using the word mercenary, not terrorist. He is operating for money, money someone paid for his upkeep or in case he is liquidated, someone in his family gets the money. There is no ideology here. If the ideology is for independent Kashmir, we pity them for being that dumb enough not to understand Pakistan’s designs on Kashmir. If the ideology is for Pakistani integration, it means they are working under the influence of a foreign government which is helping them monetarily. This, again, makes them mercenaries and nothing more.
The only thing this time is, this round of protests and violence is too big. Why did we land in such a situation? What went wrong in this case?
1. This guy, whose name is not even worth remembering is a paid employee of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, a mercenary force offering services to the highest bidder(well, in this case, there is only one). He is given undue importance by the media. A person who should be treated with contempt with media was made a hero by them. Wittingly or unwittingly, does it matter? Is TRP ratings more important or India’s territorial integrity?
2. The violence which erupted in Kashmir, are we doing a disservice to the territorial integrity of India by showing the protests happening there day in and day out? Is there any problem if the news is completely suppressed thereby giving the government a free rein to control the troublemakers?
3. Knowing that this person’s dead body is going to create trouble, why was his body handed over to his family? Being a foreign funded mercenary who was liquidated in a government operation, the government have got every right to dispose his body. A level of decency means summoning his family to the burial site and nothing more.
4. When the protests are spreading, why is there still mobile and internet connectivity available?
Are we saying that none of them can be avoided?
The crux of the problem of Kashmir is India’s incompetence in handling it. There are two aspects of it - Pakistani designs and public discontent.
Pakistan coveted Kashmir and it’s attempt to annex it by force was thwarted. A winnable war, Nehru took it to United Nations only to be left as a festering wound. The UN resolution over which Pakistan daily dances over for referendum clearly states Pakistan should vacate Kashmir and hand it over to India so that India can ramp down it’s forces and conduct a referendum to join India or Pakistan at an opportune time.
Note the things. Pakistan hasn’t fulfilled it’s bargain of vacating Kashmir. What right has it got to question India over Kashmir? Why is India not demanding PoK to be reverted back to India for a referendum? And actually, statistics show that PoK is no where compared to India in development statistics. It is interesting to note that Gilgit Baltistan has got vote to right only in late 1990s. Who in a democracy, except slaves and animals, don’t have a right to vote?
The source of discontent in Kashmir is because of the Article 370 which prohibits Indian investment into Kashmir. Though the reason provided is preserving the cultural purity of Kashmir, the real impact is much different. Article 370 prohibits any non-Kashmiri to buy land in Kashmir. No land means no investment, no investment means no jobs, no jobs means discontent. Though the root cause of all evil is Article 370, it is being projected as a messiah of Kashmiri virtues. These jobless youth, angry against India are the cannon fodder for Pakistan. After all, grass is always greener on the other side. Does it matter if the unknown devil is much worser than the known one, if the torment is powerful enough?
To resolve the Kashmiri isssue once for all, India should do a few things -
1. Raise the diplomatic pitch to demand Pakistan vacating PoK
2. Scrap off Article 370. Since only the Kashmiri Government can recommend scrapping it off, it is an interesting observation that, if a government opposes scrapping it, the Governor, on imposition of President’s Rule can recommend scrapping it off as he is the State Government of the day. Once it is scrapped off, pump in investments to create jobs for the Kashmiri youth. Breaking the valley ghetto by pumping in more people is the only way to sort the Kashmiri mess.
3. Term them as mercenaries and not terrorists and force every Indian, including the press to do that. The word mercenary is sufficient enough to bring shame to the movement - they are fighting for money, not for a cause.
4. Split off Kashmir from Jammu and Ladakh and focus all attention over Kashmir.
5. The bodies of liquidated mercenaries need not be handed over to the families.
6. There will not be any negotiations over Kashmir with anyone. Dismantle/ban Hurriyat and all those which profess Kashmiri independence or merger with Pakistan. Any arrests to be made should always mean permanent exile out of Kashmir. Let Geelani be sent to Lakshadweep and let him preach sedition to the fishes, but he should never turn back to Kashmir come what may.
7. A curfew needs to be a real curfew - no internet connectivity, no mobile connectivity and preferable, no power. Use that window of opportunity to liquidate a few more trouble mongers.
8. First of all, press should be more sane in reporting. Any violence in Kashmir should be blacked out. A single shoot of a person throwing stones at police is sufficient to incite a hundred.
9. Initiate a diplomatic offensive over human right violations in PoK.
10. Initiate a counter insurgency on the lines of Salwa Judum to take on these mercenaries.
Well, this is a cycle we see after every mercenary of note is liquidated. Note that I am using the word mercenary, not terrorist. He is operating for money, money someone paid for his upkeep or in case he is liquidated, someone in his family gets the money. There is no ideology here. If the ideology is for independent Kashmir, we pity them for being that dumb enough not to understand Pakistan’s designs on Kashmir. If the ideology is for Pakistani integration, it means they are working under the influence of a foreign government which is helping them monetarily. This, again, makes them mercenaries and nothing more.
The only thing this time is, this round of protests and violence is too big. Why did we land in such a situation? What went wrong in this case?
1. This guy, whose name is not even worth remembering is a paid employee of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, a mercenary force offering services to the highest bidder(well, in this case, there is only one). He is given undue importance by the media. A person who should be treated with contempt with media was made a hero by them. Wittingly or unwittingly, does it matter? Is TRP ratings more important or India’s territorial integrity?
2. The violence which erupted in Kashmir, are we doing a disservice to the territorial integrity of India by showing the protests happening there day in and day out? Is there any problem if the news is completely suppressed thereby giving the government a free rein to control the troublemakers?
3. Knowing that this person’s dead body is going to create trouble, why was his body handed over to his family? Being a foreign funded mercenary who was liquidated in a government operation, the government have got every right to dispose his body. A level of decency means summoning his family to the burial site and nothing more.
4. When the protests are spreading, why is there still mobile and internet connectivity available?
Are we saying that none of them can be avoided?
The crux of the problem of Kashmir is India’s incompetence in handling it. There are two aspects of it - Pakistani designs and public discontent.
Pakistan coveted Kashmir and it’s attempt to annex it by force was thwarted. A winnable war, Nehru took it to United Nations only to be left as a festering wound. The UN resolution over which Pakistan daily dances over for referendum clearly states Pakistan should vacate Kashmir and hand it over to India so that India can ramp down it’s forces and conduct a referendum to join India or Pakistan at an opportune time.
Note the things. Pakistan hasn’t fulfilled it’s bargain of vacating Kashmir. What right has it got to question India over Kashmir? Why is India not demanding PoK to be reverted back to India for a referendum? And actually, statistics show that PoK is no where compared to India in development statistics. It is interesting to note that Gilgit Baltistan has got vote to right only in late 1990s. Who in a democracy, except slaves and animals, don’t have a right to vote?
The source of discontent in Kashmir is because of the Article 370 which prohibits Indian investment into Kashmir. Though the reason provided is preserving the cultural purity of Kashmir, the real impact is much different. Article 370 prohibits any non-Kashmiri to buy land in Kashmir. No land means no investment, no investment means no jobs, no jobs means discontent. Though the root cause of all evil is Article 370, it is being projected as a messiah of Kashmiri virtues. These jobless youth, angry against India are the cannon fodder for Pakistan. After all, grass is always greener on the other side. Does it matter if the unknown devil is much worser than the known one, if the torment is powerful enough?
To resolve the Kashmiri isssue once for all, India should do a few things -
1. Raise the diplomatic pitch to demand Pakistan vacating PoK
2. Scrap off Article 370. Since only the Kashmiri Government can recommend scrapping it off, it is an interesting observation that, if a government opposes scrapping it, the Governor, on imposition of President’s Rule can recommend scrapping it off as he is the State Government of the day. Once it is scrapped off, pump in investments to create jobs for the Kashmiri youth. Breaking the valley ghetto by pumping in more people is the only way to sort the Kashmiri mess.
3. Term them as mercenaries and not terrorists and force every Indian, including the press to do that. The word mercenary is sufficient enough to bring shame to the movement - they are fighting for money, not for a cause.
4. Split off Kashmir from Jammu and Ladakh and focus all attention over Kashmir.
5. The bodies of liquidated mercenaries need not be handed over to the families.
6. There will not be any negotiations over Kashmir with anyone. Dismantle/ban Hurriyat and all those which profess Kashmiri independence or merger with Pakistan. Any arrests to be made should always mean permanent exile out of Kashmir. Let Geelani be sent to Lakshadweep and let him preach sedition to the fishes, but he should never turn back to Kashmir come what may.
7. A curfew needs to be a real curfew - no internet connectivity, no mobile connectivity and preferable, no power. Use that window of opportunity to liquidate a few more trouble mongers.
8. First of all, press should be more sane in reporting. Any violence in Kashmir should be blacked out. A single shoot of a person throwing stones at police is sufficient to incite a hundred.
9. Initiate a diplomatic offensive over human right violations in PoK.
10. Initiate a counter insurgency on the lines of Salwa Judum to take on these mercenaries.
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