Once for all “AZZADI”
It has been sixty-three
years since India occupied Kashmir. During all these sixty-three years they
have never shown any kind of respect for Kashmir in general and its people in
particular. With the passage into the 21st century, borders are losing
relevance in this world, and a new concept of global village is being
discussed. Ironically Kashmir being physically part of this global village has
virtually been erased- courtesy great efforts of cunning India.
Since the last sixty-nine years, they not only
suffocated our voice and throttled our emotions, but also have drained our
resources both in terms of human lives and as other natural resources. There is
no single example in the last sixty-nine years that India would have shown any
sign of dismay or disappointment in what they are doing in Kashmir.
All these lines are being written for those who
understand, who analyze into these facts, both practically as well as
emotionally. A class of people who are educated enough to value a life and
believe that every human being is born with right to live free. This is
evidenced by the evolution of governance in human history, which is presently
described as; by the people, for the people, of the people- courtesy democracy.
But in our Kashmir it is by India, for India, of India – courtesy Indian might.
This is an occupation, which is relentlessly
getting worse with every decade, the only thing, which is changing, is the way
in which they disregard, discredit and demoralize our genuine emotional
uprisings and demands. There is no hope, not even a shred of hope that Kashmir
in particular and the world in general can expect that India will sensibly and
mindfully respond to the needs and demands of Kashmiri people at any time, in
the present or in the future. India is a heedless rogue in this world for a
Kashmiri, who is not only ignoring the genuine demands and the genuine agony of
the Kashmiri people but is also ignoring every international body or community
which find themselves also helpless in front of this arrogant country. And
unfortunately India turning into a rewarding hub for future investment and
growth, for this economic drawn present world is bringing silence to the lips
of big nations. Let me clearly indicate to the people of Kashmir who can
understand the tactics of India. We Kashmiris have to bear this thought in mind
that India is not going to respond to any International pressure or diplomacy
as is very clear from the past sixty-nine years. The only thing that will
provoke a response now, is an indigenous uprising to curb their growing
arrogance.
In the last seven decades, and even before
during cruel Maharaja rule there is no decade that passed without an uprising
and without brutality and tyranny. Every time we generate the momentum and we
sacrifice limitlessly our time, lives, possessions and yet still succumbing to
the brutality, tactics and cunning design of this insensitive regime. There is
no doubt, that no dream can be fulfilled without sacrifice and that no goal can
be achieved without nourishing it with efforts and passion. But if we, the
present intellectual generation, cannot value this effort and sacrifice, we
will be held responsible by the future generations who will go through this again
and again. It is a moral responsibility of not only those people who have been
labeled as leaders of our nation, or those who has been labeled as stone
pelters, but it is an obligation upon every responsible and educated individual
of Kashmir to respect and recognize this sacrifice for once and for all.
For that “Day” we will definitely need you and
without you we will not reach there. And one day you will definitely be part of
this, but at what cost that “Day” comes really does matter. If you people who have
the ability to listen, to read and to understand, listen to your hearts and
read and understand your responsibilities, then you may start to value that “Day”,
be curious about that “Day” and feel joyful about the coming of that “Day”.
It is a “Day”, which will decide, and a “Day”,
which will pay respect and regard to all those sacrifices laid by our nation.
This is not possible just by dreaming, thinking, it will be possible by also
doing and contributing whatever it requires. It is not impossible, but it may
seem so to the people who don’t feel responsible, to those who are cowardly,
narrow minded, who are insensitive, who have limited knowledge of history and
who are corrupt. But believe me, we will experience that “Day” like other
nations in the past. What matters is when that “Day” comes. It will be a great
to be part of tiding that will bring relief to the whole of the nation and an
end to the everlasting agony and misery. This day when we will get relief and
relieved from the tyranny of a tyrant. Who not only have eroded our emotions
but also has corrupted our minds to believe that day may not be possible.
There is no doubt that we have cherished and
cradled this thought for generations. So what is this thing that is lagging in
accomplishing this achievement of experiencing this beautiful day? Imagine you
being a part of this salvation, salvation not of a person, not of a state but
of generations. Imagine if our beloved Kashmir had been saved in 1930s from our
ex-tyrant, remember how many emotions we sacrificed, how many deaths, rapes,
molestations we received, how much progress and prosperity we lost in our way
while fighting this relentless occupant who has not only thwarted our emotions
but corrupted to the level that we as a nation are not able to believe what we
are able. We have been corrupted and perverted to the level that we are begging
for things that are in our hands and that we can achieve with conscious approach.
This is a question to every person at this time
in Kashmir who is experiencing the brutality, whether they are at home, whether
they doctors, businessmen, policemen or, bureaucrats, whether they are
teachers, scholars, writers or a scientists. Whether they are in Kashmir or
abroad. How can they justify their existence in this kind of barbarism? Our
young kids is being killed and blinded ruthlessly in the 21st century for
protesting for their birthright, which even animals are enjoying in this century.
It should shake the conscience of every Kashmiri intellectual, which debate
short-term loses like education, state economy and development. They should
ponder upon their real existence as a part of this nation before they
shamefully start living under these so called normal conditions under India
hegemony and will forget what has happen. How can they move forward? How can
you live forward without those teenagers, that fresh blood from the last couple
of generations? Why don’t you understand that this is an arrogant barbaric
occupation that is not going to end unless you are not participating in the
uprising otherwise it would be paramount to being part of the tyranny. If you
cannot raise your voice at this juncture of life- you may end up in your graves,
leaving behind your future generations under the same brutal occupation, If
this is not the fact, go back in the history, which as I earlier mentioned
could have changed our life and the lives of millions of others who are part of
this humiliating persecution.
This is a simple thought for all the people I am
addressing today, since the last so many years, even though everybody agrees
that Kashmir had improved in terms of violence, India is still not ready to
withdraw the ASFPA which would not be considered as a favor to Kashmiris but a
demand. Understand that this brutal country is not even considering us as
normal human beings, how are we living? We are treated as dogs, to be caged,
shackled, with inhumane designs. India as a state has never respected our
intellect, they have always muzzled or muscled, one way or another and there
are hundreds of examples of killing in order to silence the voices that sound a
little louder than the common Kashmiri. Imagine if you people as a mass will
voice the concern, this will be stronger than any external force, or form or
community, whether national or international. And this is the real force that
will achieve the dream of that day. The fact is that we need all Kashmiris to
realize that this day will only be possible by coming together and voicing
clearly and coherently to this immoral country.
It is high time for all those people who have a
heart to feel and mind to think, to come out of the corruption of Indian
occupation, to come out from the shells of their imaginary success, to come out
from their shackles of uncertainty and help the present and the future
generations for once and for all. My appeal goes to all the Kashmiris who enjoy
offices and incentives by being intentionally or unintentionally associates of
this brutal force. Their soil is soaked in blood, their brothers are grieving,
their mothers are in shock, their friends are in pain and their houses are on
fire, their neighbors are in agony and their own families are insecure. If you want
to repent before you have reached your graves,this is the time to say to
yourself, ‘We want this day, as soon as possible.’ Not only for yourself and
your own family, but also for all those souls who are unborn who will pray for
you even before they are born. Believe in the magnitude of your voice and
believe in the difference you can make for these wailing and weeping mothers
and bleeding and bruised children. Without you, this day is impossible.
We may have to wait for another generation,
another decade, to wake ourselves to achieve this day, but the fact is, without
you, this day is not possible. You are the voice, which can tear any boundary,
which can shake any state, which can make everybody believe that Kashmir’s
demand is genuine and possible.
And that Day will be
AZADI.( In shaa Allah)
