Random Thoughts on Kashmir
The role of media in Kashmir is suspect to say the least. The left wing media (remember, this is गड्ढा से गधा media) that relies heavily on 'my taxi driver' account has its own compulsions in creating a narrative which is not necessarily a reality. So we take whatever a heavily compromised and an entirely demoralized (they have lost all its recent battles) media says with a pinch of salt.
Keep in mind that only a small pocket of the state where Muslims have majority has issues. Jammu and Ladakh are not affected. Only small but loud fraction of Muslim population that is radicalized in Islamism, Jihadism, Wahhabism is the trouble-maker. Then of course you have media, the secular-left-liberal groups, the Abdullahs and the Yechury's of the world, and not to mention the Congress and the Nehruvadis.
Those who think Kashmir is a political issue are either naive or dishonest to the core because it is not. BJP is wrong in putting the 370 on the back burner. Demographic reengineering, to which Kashimiri Hindus have to be an important element, is the key to solving the problem in the valley. Other is trifurcation of the state. Those who want to pelt stones can do so to their heart's content. Why should the rest of the state be lumped with them and denied progress?
Keep in mind that only a small pocket of the state where Muslims have majority has issues. Jammu and Ladakh are not affected. Only small but loud fraction of Muslim population that is radicalized in Islamism, Jihadism, Wahhabism is the trouble-maker. Then of course you have media, the secular-left-liberal groups, the Abdullahs and the Yechury's of the world, and not to mention the Congress and the Nehruvadis.
Those who think Kashmir is a political issue are either naive or dishonest to the core because it is not. BJP is wrong in putting the 370 on the back burner. Demographic reengineering, to which Kashimiri Hindus have to be an important element, is the key to solving the problem in the valley. Other is trifurcation of the state. Those who want to pelt stones can do so to their heart's content. Why should the rest of the state be lumped with them and denied progress?
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