August 24, 2008

Kashmir on the verge of people's revolution(Part-II)



Thursday was followed by a historic Friday when the world witnessed the true rise of a giant…An awakening, a united resistance…A people’s revolution
"Eidgah Chalo" call by the separatist Hurriyat Conference was met by a tremendous and unprecedented public response…A massive crowd of well over a million ordinary suffering Kashmiri’s marched towards the historic Eidgah grounds and gathered for pro-freedom slogans and even more attended the Friday prayers calling for a revolution…
The over whelming numbers in itself is a history in the making…the whole valley had united for a common cause…the most fascinating thing about the protests in Kashmir is that unlike Jammu, all the religious parties stood shoulder to shoulder…non-muslims and muslims alike for one cause…The suffering fruit growers unable to trade with the markets in rest of the country due to highway blockade, showered the sea of people with apples as if it was raining apples for the protestors…the martyrs were remembered and their suffering families got the deserving respect…such a tremendous sense of kashmiri nationalism as never seen before
Amazingly the whole sea of people went unnoticed in the national (Indian) media which never highlighted the fact that over one million ‘PEACEFULL’ protestors shouted for freedom and independence…
All the Indian media managed to report was that a bunch of people led by separatists carrying anti national green flags carried a rally to Eidgah grounds...!!!
Wake up people…this is no longer a separatist led movement…they are mere spectators…It’s a people’s movement…
The most important fact being that the pro-Pakistan slogans were replaced by pro-independence or rather pro-freedom slogans…Literally every Kashmiri including the very old woman and the very young children were shouting for freedom….!!!
This truly can be put as a beginning of a revolution when Kashmiri people have decided to put an end to this life of misery and grief, a life of despair and disparity, a life of struggle for the very basic human rights to survive…This is the time to undo the curse of the ‘cursed heaven’…never before in our history, not even in 1990 such a movement was witnessed which was entirely a peoples movement…this time the leaders are mere spectators and have been led by the people and the people unlike the early 1990’s are un armed and using non-violent ways to protest…the slogans for Pakistan have given way to slogans for freedom…this is entirely a peoples movements…a peoples struggle…
The martyrs of this land have sacrificed their souls for a generation of intellectual protestors who have decided to follow the non-violent resistance like the great Mahatma Gandhi…
The optimism in the eyes of the common people is quite easily visible but it’s rather hard to believe that we can ever be independent…though the people sense a revolution coming, but it’s rather difficult to even think of independence when we actually are so dependent…!!!!!
The spirit and the will of people isn’t ready to realize the fact that India is not just any ordinary country but a prosperous and flourishing nation with a very strong military…
The Indian military hasn’t yet retaliated to the pro-freedom slogans…It’s just a matter of time before the armed forces decide to end this aimless show or the so called mass movement….and when that day comes, we won’t have any place to hide or run to…we won’t be able to resist the brute force and the piercing bullets that will shatter our homes and our dreams too…we will bleed and we will suffer…we will die in pain and anguish over the fact that we never got what we deserved and what was rightly ours…once the men in uniforms and the men in arms come searching for us, we won’t have a place to hide….the freedom which has been stolen from us will never be ours….
BUT…world has witnessed the most amazing turnover’s in its history…so many times have we seen the impossible and unbelievable happen…take the example of India which over turned the imperial British Empire to win it’s freedom or the great revolutions of Europe and America…
The people hold the ultimate power to rule and to ruin any kingdom…it’s the people who hold the supreme strength…
In recent days we have seen many intellectual Indians such as the Bookers Prize winner Arundhati Roy supporting the Kashmir cause…many other intellectuals in India have questioned the Indian democracy for suppressing the will of Kashmiri people when the people are struggling for basic survival leave aside freedom….Why can’t the people push towards the United Nations solution to the whole dispute…A justified PLEBISCITE….??? Doesn’t that sound fair enough???...and even if it ever happens we all know that most of the kashmiris from Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) will vote against Pakistan and most of kashmiris from Indian Occupied Kashmir will vote against India…That will mean an independent Kashmir…!
Although it sounds great on paper but the fact remains that independent Kashmir is an impossible existence….!!!
In the midst of all the politics and all the drama, we the common Kashmiris suffer every day and every night…We are the children of despair and grief….WE ARE A CURSED BUNCH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CURSED PARADISE….!!!
I guess the media can no longer hide the fact that this is no longer a protest over the Amarnath Land Row or any fight with communal forces in India…but this is much more of a mass awakening to the much bigger Kashmir issue… The massive public movement for freedom and the peaceful unarmed protestors (ready to stand up against the strongest and the most brutal enemy for freedom) makes an intellectual think that a revolution is a genuine possibility…we got all what it takes to begin a revolution…now all we need is an unselfish leader who will guide through the right track to a land of peace and salvation…..and that’s what I think this revolution lacks….a great leader fighting for the sake of kashmir…
What so ever happens in the coming days..one thing is for sure…blood will be shed…it might be a bloody revolution which will either manage to give us our freedom and basic human rights or it will be a mass murder brutality which will give a life even more miserable than the one we already have….
Personally, I wish we continue to be a part of the prospering BRIC countries (Brasil,Russia,India,China) and I wish the future of my fellow peers would not be lost in this so called revolution which seems to be fighting a lost battle….Moreover the innocent youth is protesting as if celebrating an event or as if on the verge of victory…but least they know that the way ahead is the most difficult and hardest with unseen dangers and unthinkable risks that may ruin their future or even take away their precious lives…!
I am leaving for college in Middle East and I have no idea that by the time I come back what history would have written for my people…Freedom is all what we seek….!!!
Monday has been declared the day for carrying a pro-freedom rally to Lal Chowk (Lal Chowk Chalo)…I guess we will see even more people attend the peaceful agitation and cry for freedom…Expect to see Ghanta Ghar (clock tower in the middle of Lal Chowk) covered with green flags…
I don’t know if I ever will be able to blog again or not…I don’t know what fate holds for me…I don’t know what turn history will take at this important time for both me and my valley….!!
Well, I better start packing my stuff for college before it’s too late….It’s quite an exhausting job when you have to pack your stuff in such chaos …I don’t know when will I be able to meet you guys next time, until then good bye and stay well….
And yes, one request to all you folks out there reading this blog...try to uncover the realistic truth behind the superficial truths which the biased Indian media will put in front of your unaware eyes in the coming days….Know both the sides of story before forming any opinion over the Kashmir issue…
If you can then pray for my valley which is crying out for help and a revolution seems not so unlikely possibility…May God bless Kashmir with enough strength to fight through these difficult darks days into the days of freedom and prosperity...
FREEDOM DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN INDEPENDENCE...!!!

Freedom Blogger...Signing out indefinitely

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Power brokers of India should know that --There is saying when a stag sees a tiger ,he closes his eyes thinking I did not see him---similarly you are closing your eyes to reality—It is not older generation in Kashmir who will believe you-- It is now age of media and younger generation are aware of the reality about you. They cannot be trapped in false claims.
By clamping curfew you have exposed yourself that there is bias and hatred in you for Muslims of Kashmir. Millions worth of govt and private property was destroyed in Jammu, hundreds of Muslims were attacked and hundreds more migrated- main road was blocked by them yet they got certificate of being nationalist . In Kashmir not a single stone was thrown on any Govt building, no member of minority was touched yet peaceful protesters were fired upon and scores were killed.
In Jammu there was massive defying of curfew here even media people were thrashed with valid curfew passes. You have exposed your self. We ask those so called Kashmir leaders who are still saying ATUT ATUT ,---Is there anything more for you to say?
The propagators of Autonomy, healing touch and Khushaal Kashmir should understand that time has passed for them and they cannot fool people further.
This is time for people of Kashmir to stand against tyranny, falsehood and oppression.
Don’t let yourself to drown in pointless, hopeless and fruitless discussions.
The first motive should be to force oppressor agree for our rights .As per our religion and international law EVERYBODY IS BORN WITH A FREE WILL. We cannot be forced to share poverty ,ignorance, hatred, jealousy ,bias, superstitious ,false democracy and pseudo secularism with a people who have hatred against us.

Unknown said...

REVOLUTION this is ...for sure...but only Allah knowz what destiny holds for us.....will it bear some fruitful results???....or will it be among those revolutions which were suppresed and lost in the pages of history forever.
people say "WE HAVE TO BE OPTIMISTIC".....but optimism for what???......should we actually be dreaming about an INDEPENDENT Kashmir.....or FREE Kashmir??....
For a major fraction of kashmiris freedom means independence from India(which for me seems impossible!!)....but let me ask just one simple question to all such people..are we ,the kashmiris really ready for independence????....C'mon people we are a bunch of dependent lot!!!....if not then why did we suffer from the highway blockade.it is really shocking to see that items like cooking oil,rice,wheat,poultry,cattle,etc etc....come to our state from outside....cant we produce these in kashmir?....SO ARE WE WORTH INDEPENDENCE???
For me free kashmir would be a place free from the army...a place where we can walk with are heads high and not oppressed by the army...a place where people would be honest and peace loving...a place where people are self sufficient.....a place where a girl can move around her city alone without any fear!!!!
THIS IS THE FREE KASHMIR I WANT

and just like our blogger here says,i too would like to say that "i am just an 18 year old tryin to put forward my opinion...so no offences!!!"

Unknown said...

and best of luck for your future.u really need a well-deserved break from blogging and get that genius head of yourz into some engineering books!!!!
but rem alwayz there are some people out here waiting for your next blog.....ALLAH HAFIZ

Musadiq Ali said...

our freedom has been stolen....!!!
we have been robbed of our basic human rights...strict civil curfew has been imposed through out valley and the streets are deserted but just the Indian army....even our local media has been banned from showing our side of unfortunate story....
I don't know how will I be able to go to airport tomorrow...
some ppl tried to go to airport today with a ticket in their hand....and thanks to Indian army..THEY CAME BACK HOME BLEEDING...
maybe my last reply ever...!!!
pray for me ppl

Anonymous said...

Best of luck blogger..Insha Allah we'll also lead a peaceful life where our people are not killed for being the inhabitants of the paradise..Do stay in touch bro

Anonymous said...

The answer is simple....Kashmir is Indian army's battleground...in order to stay battle ready and give enough practice to its Jawans in the art of war, India has to keep Kashmir under its control.

The policy of raping Kashmiri women by Indian soldiers is a well known tactic of war. The victor has to show his superiority to the defeated and there is no better way to show it but by raping/pillaging the defeated people's women folk.

The Indian army personnel are well aware of the fact that Kashmiri Muslim women will not talk to even their own family members if they molest them or violate them...as Kashmiri Muslim females are extremely timid.

There is only one way to counter this Genocide and that is just like the Afghans, ALL KASHMIRIS irrespective of their status have to take up arms and fight the Indians collectively....To fight an organised army of 1 Million, at least a million Kashmiris have to take up arms.

IT is NOW or NEVER.Non-violence will lead to nothing and a few people taking up arms like in the 90's will also lead us nowhere.

Only after at least 40 Indian soldiers are sent to Hell each day will India seriously think about giving us Freedom.....till then continue suffering and living in a fools paradise that NON-VIOLENCE will bring Freedom.

Remember the Quran says....an eye for an eye.....a slap for a slap....THE EVIL INDIAN COLONISERS WILL LISTEN TO NO OTHER LANGUAGE but that of retaliatory violence.

The British would never have left India had it not become economically nonviable as we all know that the OPIUM trade with China kept the British in India. Once the Opium trade with China stopped, the British left in no time at all.

A thousand Gandhis could not have made the British leave India as non-violence is nothing but a fallacy developed by the victorious to keep the defeated at bay.

My brothers...it is time for all of us to pick up arms and fight the oppressor otherwise we will always be suppressed and subjugated.

Fv x X x aNesQuE said...

Listen you shit head.. What makes you think or believe that PRO PAK slogans have given way to PRO INDEPENDENCE ones??
Can you site one FUCKING incident?? You know what your, or Nationalists like you, problem is?? You expect Islamists to give their everything to the Kashmir cause so that NATIONALISTS can rule!!
It's your illusion.. Delusion actually..
Keep blogging, and keep writing shit to please Pandit girls..

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Anonymous said...

Ur a stupid ass.......its ppl like u who convert this peaceful country to a war zone......yeah and dont worry no 1 is going to take all this crap seriously....sokeep blogging..:X

Mohammad Umar Baba (Byline: Baba Umar) said...

Hey
Fv x X x aNesQuE.

Just wrote to say that you are contradicting what you wish to establish through your own blog. I am scared if it's the voice of all those who are maintaining this blog.
Regards

Musadiq Ali said...

It's been some time since I replied to any comments...
The reason is...you can't explain anything to people who won't listen to you and start calling you shit heads because they never had any army man harass them or torture them for no fault of theirs...
so well I really don't know what to say to such people...