Reel and the Real face of Indian Democracy

The world sees the reel face of Indian democracy through its sponsored media but Kashmir experiences the real face of Indian democracy (demon crazy) and that is the reason most of the Kashmiri people do not consider India as a democratic country but a HYPOCRITIC, BRUTE, BIASED, UN-DEMOCRATIC, OPPRESSING country.

INDIA’S COMMITMENT OF PLEBISCITE FOR THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR

“Our view which we have repeatedly made public is that the question of accession in any disputed territory or State must be decided in accordance with wishes of people and we adhere to this view.”

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(in telegram No. 402-Primin-2227 dated 27 October 1947 to Prime Minister of Pakistan repeating telegram addressed to Prime Minister of United Kingdom).

“Kashmir should decide question of accession by plebiscite or referendum under international auspices such as those of the United Nations.”

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(Letter No. 368-Primin dated 21 November 1947 to Prime Minister of Pakistan).

“The most feasible method of ascertaining the wishes of the people was by fair and impartial plebiscite.”

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(Joint press communique of the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan issued in Delhi after their meeting on 20 August 1953).

“People seem to forget that Kashmir is not a commodity for sale or to be bartered. It has an individual existence and its people must be the final arbiters of their future.”

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(Report to the All-India Congress Committee, 6 July 1951; The Statesman, New Delhi, 9 July 1951).

“We have taken the issue to the United Nations and given our word of honour for a peaceful solution. As a great nation, we cannot go back on it. We have left the question for final solution to the people of Kashmir and we are determined to abide by their decision.”

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(Amrita Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, 2 January 1952).

“The whole dispute about Kashmir is still before the United Nations. We cannot just decide things concerning Kashmir. We cannot pass a bill or issue an order concerning Kashmir or do whatever we want.

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(The Statesman, 1 May 1953)

“If, after a proper plebiscite, the people of Kashmir said, ‘We do not want to be with India’, we are committed to accept that. We will accept it though it might pain us. We will not send any army against them. We will accept that, however hurt we might feel about it, we will change the Constitution, if necessary.”

* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

(Statement in the Indian Parliament, 26 June 1952).

These are few statements of the very first Prime Minister of India in which he had time and again assured the people of Jammu & Kashmir in particular and the world community in general to hold a referendum and give the people of this disputed area a chance to decide their future but look at the hypocrisy of the “so called largest democracy,” that they are now not only denying to hold any such plebiscite but have stuck themselves to the mythical Integral-Part Theory.

India has time and again tried to suppress the resistance movement started by the people of Kashmir, who have been the worst sufferer’s. They have used every inhumane act or better call it Govt. Sponsored Terrorism which has left the whole valley bruised and traumatized and have pushed the younger generations into despair which ultimately leads to chaos but as a matter of fact they have not succumbed to these nefarious designs and are not ready to surrender either. In this freedom struggle of Kashmir more than hundred thousand lives have already been lost and number is increasing day in and day out and there are many who live to die another day. In only past two decades more than 75000 lives have been lost and according to the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) around 10,000 have disappeared in custody of the Indian (in)security forces but I fear the number may be greater as many may have lost hope of seeing their loved ones and tried to carry on with their lives….ZINDAGI MISGARA..(life goes on). Un-named mass graves have been discovered in many border areas of the valley which have become a symbol of the Indian Terrorism in the Vale, the Vale that was once known as “Paradise On Earth.”

The freedom struggle of Kashmir has gone through many phases, from the armed struggle that started in 1989 to the current peaceful uprising which started on 11^th June 2010 and is now considered as Kashmir’s own Intifada in which more then 110 civilian’s have been brutally murdered by the Indian (in)security forces.

Now I will try to differentiate between the Reel Face of Indian democracy and The Real Face of Indian democracy.

On 25^th Sept 2010 the Union Home Minister of India P.Chindambaram while addressing the media said, “New Delhi would advise the state government to immediately release all students and youths detained or arrested for pelting stones and withdraw charges against them." This message was highlighted by the Indian media to the maxim but the ground reality is startling and horrifying as the crack down on protestors have increased and hundreds of youth have been arrested since then and many of them have been booked under the draconian law of Public Safety Act(PSA). What is more shocking is that the in(security) forces have now started cracking down even on e-protestors, facebook users and blogger’s and are being booked under PSA and shifted to the jails that are believed to be hostile for Kashmiri prisoner’s like Kuthua, Koutbalwaal and Heeranagar jails.

He further requested rather it was a proxy order for the puppet CM to re-open all educational institutes in the valley and not to much surprise he did while the media channels were busy portraying on reel the situation coming back to normal. The real face was something different for this student who reveals his agony to a news reporter:

Sept 29 The fears that government was risking the lives of students by decreeing them to attend schools amidst curfew and protests came true on Wednesday when a schoolboy lost his eye after being hit by a marble shot at him through sling shot allegedly by paramilitary CRPF troopers.
A 9th class student of Extol Bhawan School Awantibavan, Soura, Aabid Mushtaq, minutes after being brought out of Operation Theatre at SMHS Hospital here, while revealing his agony to Greater Kashmir said: “I came out on road to see whether my school bus has reached the pickup place. Two CRPF men caught hold of me and another one shot a marble in my left eye with a sling shot from close range. They also thrashed me with canes.”
Aabid said he showed his identity card also but the troopers didn’t honour it. “CRPF men told me that Kashmiri students need not attend schools,” he said. “You are following Geelani’s calendar. When you didn’t go to school for past two days, what is the need to go today,” he quoted the troopers as saying. “Follow Geelani’s calendar,” the boy was told while being thrashed.
Aabid’s father, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, a businessman, said since there was no curfew or protests in the area he allowed his son to attend the school. “My son was profusely bleeding in the eye. His shirt was fully stained with blood when we took him to hospital,” he said.
Muzaffar Ahmad, an eyewitness, said CRPF men ruthlessly beat up Aabid. “They later held him and one of them hit him with the marble,” he said. “Kashmiri people are not safe in their own land. Forces are here to kill the people, not to provide security,” he lamented.
Aabid was rushed to SKIMS from where doctors referred him to SMHS Hospital.
A senior doctor who operated upon Aabid told this reporter that Aabid’s eye has been badly damaged with injury in eyeball. “He can’t see with that eye. We can only try to repair the eye to avoid deformity in the face,” the doctor said.
The doctor said that Aabid has been shot from very close range. “It is unbearable. Small kids are becoming visually handicapped in force’s action,” he said.

No media channel highlighted the issue and that was not something new for the people of Kashmir as the media channels have always been biased when reporting about Kashmir. The people of Kashmir are being denied each and every human right and the most important right they are being denied is the right to live. The people of valley are being punished for no fault of theirs, the lives of the people living in this part of the world are being turned into a living hell with continuous blood shed, unlawful arrests, frequent curfews imposed by the Indian administration, all this has left deep psychological scars on the youth and I fear if they are pushed further to the wall the consequences will be devastating. If what I fear may happen its not only India to be blamed but international community and organizations who claim to be the peace keepers of the world will equally be responsible as they have also failed to perform their duties. Human Rights in Kashmir are being violated every single minute as the deaf and dumb world watches as spectators.

It is the time for India and world to decide about the peace and prosperity of the subcontinent or let it burn for many more decades….

As one of my friends said about Kashmiri's , “barbed wires and barricades can't crush our spirit...we are born to transcend these barriers and reach the horizon even if the sun is setting.. WE are waiting for a new dawn....”

AYE JAZBAI AAZADI ZINDABAD