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2019-08-11 India-Pakistan

[DAWN] INDIA’S callous annexation of the disputed territory of Kashmire and the repression that it came amidst filled my heart with enormous ache as not just the millions of faceless, nameless Kashmiris were in my thoughts but also half a dozen wonderful human beings from the valley who happen to be personal friends.

Access to the occupied valley has been restricted in the best of times but unlike so many around the world who seem to have bought into Delhi’s demonisation of the Kashmiri as a bad boy, obscurantist monolith that has no place in the 21st century, my friendship with the amazing individuals I have referred to makes me see clearly the absurdity of the Indian position.

By revoking Article 370 of the Indian constitution, the BJP government has furnished evidence of its fascism

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...a political system developed in Italy, symbolized by the Roman fasces -- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. Its distinguishing philosophical feature is the Corporate State. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about...
where the will of the people of the Valley is subservient to the Hindutva agenda of the governing party and the RSS, the parent organization it draws its inspiration and cadres from.

While the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah-Ajit Doval troika has sought to take away Kashmire’s special status which implicitly acknowledged that it was a disputed territory in constitutional-legal terms, in practical terms, it makes little difference to the Kashmiris who will continue to be denied their just rights and live their nightmare of a life under Indian occupation.

The complete communication shutdown and a news blackout from Srinagar and the rest of the disputed territory were meant to successfully cloak any reaction to this arbitrary and fascist
...anybody who's not a leftist...
ic move by the Hindu nationalist BJP. And by and large it has worked so far.

The only scraps of news and the occasional situational pieces on what is happening on the ground have managed to reach the outside world through thumb drives that the odd news hound has managed to smuggle out of Kashmire via passengers travelling out.

Do not be mistaken. While it seems the glee with which the Indian media has received the news and showered its government, representing values that would make Steve Bannon look like a dove, with all forms of accolades, there are voices of conscience calling out their leadership on this gravest of follies which, they believe, will lead to more violence and turmoil.

If the idea behind the revocation of Article 370 was to finally give legal cover to attempts aimed at altering the demographics of the valley by making it possible, for example, for non-Moslem outsiders to purchase land and property in the valley and increase their share in the population, many Kashmiris I have talked to who are currently abroad say the local fury will obviate any such move.

Pakistain has rightly maintained for 72 years that along with the Kashmiris, it is the main party to the dispute with India. So, when last month President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
told his White House visitor "the great athlete" Pakistain Prime Minister Imran Khan

... aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
that he was ready to mediate in the dispute between Islamabad and Delhi, the Pak media and analysts jumped for joy.

The prime minister returned home on a commercial flight and the satellite gate where the plane docked to allow passengers to disembark was heaving with the weight of both cabinet members bearing garlands and his de facto deputy who cannot have a de jure position because of a Supreme Court verdict.

The cabinet members were jostling to be among the first to garland their leaders, and elbowing, pushing and shoving each other; the scene was reminiscent of the return of the victorious Pak cricket team after winning the World Cup in 1992.

Although the number of those welcoming that team was much greater, the enthusiasm of the ministers and key PTI officials was equal to the one witnessed on that historic day. Little wonder someone quoted the prime minister as having said he felt as he was returning home after winning the World Cup.

Tragically, the euphoria was short-lived as first the Indians and then the US State Department denied the Trump claim that Modi had asked him to mediate. Then, of course, if the 1992 World Cup example was still relevant, the Waterford Crystal trophy came crashing down and shattered into uncountable pieces with the unilateral scrapping of 370 by Modi.

The corps commanders’ conference went into session presided over by the army chief who would have remembered how he was feted in Washington, D.C. just a few days earlier.

The conference’s much-awaited statement condemned the Indian move and pledged to go to "any extent" to defend the rights of the Kashmiris. This was a bold statement coming from the high command of a military with both strategic and tactical nuclear weapons at its command, besides an array of state-of-the-art conventional arms and half-a-million battle-hardened troops.

With a joint session of parliament assembled in Islamabad, the prime minister seemed to be waiting to take his cue from the conference as he was missing from the assembly for a long time. When he finally arrived, he made the usual statement of condemnation but also spelt out the limitations before him in formulating a strategy.

He responded in a mocking tone to Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif

...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
’s call for a robust response by rhetorically asking: "Should I go to war with India?" This clearly also interpreted what the parameters were when the military was pledging to go to any extent.

Given the FATF pressure, resorting to any jihadi or military option is unlikely (I am not advocating any such adventurism). This means that the diplomatic option is the only one available, although in 72 years it has delivered nothing.

I don’t wish to contemplate the future of my Kashmiri brothers and sisters under these circumstances. Is Kashmire fated to become another Paleostine, left at the mercy of occupation forces while the global conscience conveniently looks the other way? The only wild card is the indomitable will of the defiant Kashmiris who have always somehow found the strength to defy Delhi and foil its plans.

Posted by Fred 2019-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
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#1 The greatest achievement, apart from empowering the voiceless hordes, of Socialism not the woke, graft powered gravy-train, but genuine socio-economic justice for have-nots of history has been the mass 'existential amelioration bribe'.

The government of India seeks to bring employment, ease of doing business and economic opportunities to the entire mass of people living in this long tainted region. Right now, no one will employ a Kashmiri in India, people chase them out of establishments and institutions, they can get admissions, but the students themselves will not let them attend classes. It's terrible, and they really aren't a wicked people. Constant conflict has fashioned them into walking cacti.

There has to be a gradated inclusion into the Indian mainstream. Contrary to what people say, we want Kashmir along with Kashmiris of course we could do without 'em, but that won't be righteous. Kashmir was once one of the only regions in the subcontinent where a true sufi ethic could be seen in daily life. A bonding of hindu and muslim the likes of which no muslim or hindu nation can boast. Now, that time is long gone. Islam itself has changed, and we cannot hope to achieve unity with murderous bastiches forever susceptible to that dogma.

So, they shall have to be domesticated. And the only way to do it is take away the existential angst, and fill the void with work. Deny them the means to commit legal islamism through mandates, but give them a semblance of empowerment through self-earned money, improved lifestyle... bollywood that great weapon of reform or runaway havoc and private investment by the richest concerns in Kashmiri infrastructure and institutions.

These Pakistain writers and ideologues... they can't bare to see the dung green islamic flag go down, but they can see the Kashmiri family starve, commit suicide by cop, rent out their souls to jihad for a mere ration. To them, they are just the means to occupying real estate by proxy until China fulfills their promise of "Sure. We'll raid India together, soon... now just keep digging, Mehboob."

The 'special status' of Kashmir denied it all the socialist sops and opportunities enjoyed by the millions of beneficiaries. That changes now, bringing every Kashmiri family under several the umbrella of subsidized rations, household gas and tax-free entrepreneurship schemes. Also, education-rights, employment and property rights for women the earlier applicable shariah based laws facilitated cutting off women from property rights, easy divorce and polygamy and child marriage. The gradual gains to local farming, businesses, skilled labor and freedom to travel unquestioned as an Indian across the world will be considerable to the common man. The people will soon realize the undeniable benefits of this.

But of course, we'll kill every last f↺cker if he stands in the way of our bettering his life.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-11 05:19|| 2019-08-11 05:19|| Front Page Top

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