For many Muslims, the message from this Martyrs’ Day is that it doesn’t matter who the community votes for, Kashmir’s identity and history will be decided by Hindu nationalist power, not their democratic choices.
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I enjoy Praveen Swami’s writings. However in this case – he has cherry picked bits of history to build up a pre-concieved narrative.
First – The 1931 loss of lives, was neither the first nor the the last of the violent suppression/s of public opinion in the region’s long history…excessive use of force is bad and condemnable. However – mourning it as a martyr’s day post-1948 and keeping this emotional hurt in perpetual memory is bad politics.
Second – Since this event highlights, actions by Dogra rule; implicitly it pits Jammu region vs Kashmir region; This is bad for National security of India.
Third – If the intention is to pay homage to freedom struggles in J&K – then there would be alot of other events – which should be taking precedence – Viz, Liberation of Rajouri, Link up of Poonch, Martyrdom of Mirpur, Kotli, Skardu, garrisons etc etc.
Political Islam is very bad for India. It brings out right wing reactions from other communities. And leads to a chain reaction. India needs peace and progress. This kind of political stunts by Abdullah family are only to keep themselves relevant.
Food for thought?
I enjoy Praveen Swami’s writings. However in this case – he has cherry picked bits of history to build up a pre-concieved narrative.
First – The 1931 loss of lives, was neither the first nor the the last of the violent suppression/s of public opinion in the region’s long history…excessive use of force is bad and condemnable. However – mourning it as a martyr’s day post-1948 and keeping this emotional hurt in perpetual memory is bad politics.
Second – Since this event highlights, actions by Dogra rule; implicitly it pits Jammu region vs Kashmir region; This is bad for National security of India.
Third – If the intention is to pay homage to freedom struggles in J&K – then there would be alot of other events – which should be taking precedence – Viz, Liberation of Rajouri, Link up of Poonch, Martyrdom of Mirpur, Kotli, Skardu, garrisons etc etc.
Political Islam is very bad for India. It brings out right wing reactions from other communities. And leads to a chain reaction. India needs peace and progress. This kind of political stunts by Abdullah family are only to keep themselves relevant.
Food for thought?