Autonomy for Kashmir - Feeling of freedom

I wanted to start this post with the poem in the Kashmiri about the heaven on earth but i refrained from it. Because our leader has made more mess than it was earlier. Since last 3 months there have been massive protests in the Kashmir valley. Hundreds of people have died in these protest still there is no sign of stopping. Not even holy month of Ramzan could deter there protesters.

I don't know what the government of Omar Abdulla doing when so many our won people are getting killed. If we give him the benefit of doubt because he is young and new to this difficult job. What was the government at the center doing? Can’t anybody see that innocent people are getting killed? My strong feeling is that governments at both the places are not in control or they don't know how to handle this situation, they are simply been incompetent. Now I can recall that most people time of Kashmir was ironically in the government of Vajpayee led BJP government.

Kashmir is burning since i heard about it, i don't know what these leaders are doing for so many years that people are Kashmir cannot fill safe with India. We see elections there and we think that everything is ok. There is no need to worry about but every now and then these protests start and innocent Kashmiri boys gets killed. This has to stop somewhere. We as Indians has to listen the legitimate grievances of the Kashmiris and address them. We are not Pakistan for god sake we have a democracy, if we cannot solve these problem by dialog then only god will save us. There are problem in the other parts of the India these are also the fallout of the bad governance.

I have been hearing this that if anything would happen it would happen in the framework of the Constitution but everybody know that our constitution is a very flexible document. Constitution has been changed so many times in the past that it can been once again looked at because Kashmir is a unique case and it has been agreed by our leader in the past for autonomy.

Vajpeyeeji always had the vision for Kashmir, it was unfortunate that its government got collapsed and whole thing went into the back burner. I always thought that Manmohan Singh is visionary, he may be but handling the difficult situation he seems to be lacking the instinct.



Nobody want to pick up arms, these Kashmiri boys also have equal right to freedom. We must listen to them. Ignoring them would only increase the problem. History has taught us that no conflict can solve the problem but dialog will. So we need to continuously engage them and act on the promises. If we can talk with our biggest enemy Pakistan then we should not have any problem talking with our own people.

There could be other interpretations for 'Azadi' as they say. Unless and until we sit across the table and negotiate nothing would happen. Two days back a delegation from the Parliamentarians when to the separatists leaders, this is good beginning. Announcing big packages wont solve the problem until and unless they feel free in there own right. This process should not discontinue, as always been the case. Don't let another hundreds of Kashmiri die, its our responsibility to reconcile them.

Autonomy would not be a bad thing. They won’t be separate from the India. They would be part of India but with some independence. Many parts in the world are autonomous like in Russia and China. Let’s have our own example, let them handle it, see how things work. I don’t think that day would be far when whole world will once again say that if there is heaven on earth it is in Kashmir, in Kashmir and only in Kashmir which is peaceful part of India.