Among many other black spots on Kashmiryat one was the recent attack on pilgrims returning from the amaranth pilgrimage at Batengoo in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The facts and reasons behind this very unfortunate and coward attack are very clear as the attackers wanted to create an illusion of terror and communal tension all over the country. Despite going by the facts many intellectuals across the state, link it with the upcoming Gujrat elections. Some started questioning the character of the bus driver who risked his life and showed extra courage and saved 51 lives, just because his name was Salim Sheikh. But Alhamdulillah other than these mongers we have a lot of human beings for that humanity is foremost present in Kashmir and all over the India that has been proved.
Kashmir and Kashmiryat are passing through a very tough and challenging times. Every day on an average 5 dead bodies reach their houses in Kashmir, no matter they are innocent civilians, stone pelters, police, or militants. Target killing, torches, and attacks are their daily business now and they are used to it now. At this point of time you can’t even think of or expect such gesture which the whole world has witnessed from Kashmiris, this is a matter of great respect and honour for Kashmir and kashmiriyat. Kashmiris unexpectedly did this wonderful job and flashed the message of humanity across the globe. They proved that kashmiriyat for which Kashmir is known all over the world has to be shown in the times of crisis. Hundreds of locals across Kashmir protested against this with candle lights, bands and asking human rights organizations to intervene into the matter for
probe and deface the real culprits behind. When injured were brought up in local hospitals, hundreds of Kashmiri youngsters thronged hospitals to donate blood for injured amaranth yatris and what can be more important than this. Peoples having different faiths and different political ideologies,i.e, separatists, Azadi brigade, businessmen etc everyone condemned this coward incidence.
As for as Kashmir dispute is concerned the only solution left is dialogue, and peace. Violence had never been a solution to any political conflict in human history. ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’. There is no future of Kashmir’s tourist industry without Indian tourists, and without tourism, there is no development in Kashmir. Hope this simple language of mine make you understand me.Let’s pray and hope for peace and prosperity in Kashmir.
Kashmiri needs to understand that this situation is very destructive for both Kashmir and kashmiriyat , may it bea social or religious aspect of Kashmir or economic point of view both will suffer a lot. The attackers simply wanted to handicap Kashmir and Kashmiri future so that no one can come out from the shocks of the current phase of trauma. The result of this attack might have been worst if people of Jammu division might not have been acted intelligently.
Patience and intelligence of both the communities in Jammu division
need to be applauded, which stood equally to condemn such coward activity rather indulging in communal violence in Jammu and across India. Just one incident of communal tension was recorded at Hissar in Haryana that too was condemned by every intellect of the country despite going by the religion. This is a very clear message to those communal forces in, Kashmir, India and Pakistan that youth here is not any more stupid these days. They enough wise to understand the value
of brotherhood and peace.
As for as Kashmir dispute is concerned the only solution left is dialogue, and peace. Violence had never been a solution to any political conflict in human history. ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’. There is no future of Kashmir’s tourist industry without Indian tourists, and without tourism, there is no development in Kashmir. Hope this simple language of mine make you understand me.Let’s pray and hope for peace and prosperity in Kashmir.
——–(The author has mailed this article to “Kashmir Horizon”.However the views of the author are purely his own but not of “Kashmir Horizon”)
