The One and Only Kashmir

India even after 63yrs of Independence is facing major issues tied to past unresolved agendas of boundaries, areas, rivers etc. Let it be the situation with the Pakistan or China the question is “will there be any Outcome ever”? Or it is transforming into a diplomatic glitch! The people of Kashmir are not doubt citizens of the Republic of India, according to the Constitution as well from the psychological concept of Nationality. No matter what different pressure groups, political sides may have to say, the question is about the lives of 4millions Indians. Today Kashmir denotes a larger area that includes Indian administered part of Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh), the Pakistani administered Gilgit-Baltistan and the Azad Kashmir provinces, and the Chinese-administered regions of Askai-Chin. People living in Kashmir are characterized by a distinctive “mix”of attitudes, values, emotions, and abilities which is culturally reinforced by the family, schooling, the state and the media. Kashmir has a vast history of different kinds of rulers from Brahmins, Bhuddists, Mughals,Afghans, and Sikhs. But Kashmir has grown ever since with all the blunders, militancy and the political turmoil.

There are many aspects which divides Kashmir but the only thing that unites it is its “Culture” or say the ‘kashmiriyat. It’s the beauty, the Wazwan, Nishat-shalimar Bagh, gulmarg,the Chinar and above all the people. One thing which the Media never focuses on is “what does a father, a mother, a Child” really wants in Kashmir? Even when the protests where going on people where migrating to jammu for normalcy in their lives. Everyone wants their children to go to schools, prepare for the entrances, look for jobs etc. I don’t think anyone wakes up in the morning with the question of so called “Azadi” in his mind. It’s not about Kashmir only; it’s about all of us. People have suffered for so many years, the kashmiri pundits had suffered a lott, many lost their lives and homes. I believe that democracy is not what we understand by its political science, its what we see in our day to day lives. It’s not about being the Biggest Democracy in the world, its about the being the ‘Best Democracy in the world’.