Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart IV

Continued from Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart III

After narrating the story till the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley and pondering over the question of our return, today in the 4th section I present to you the inside story of PoK and why India or Pakistan / why not!

PoK- The Inside story

I would now like to share one reality that majority of people are not aware of.

In its early stages of terrorism (1980's), PoK was made the base for training for arms & ammunitions. Muslim youths, with the help of local govt and some corrupted officials of Indian army, were sent to PoK. Today it is the centre of terrorism. Why?

Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart III

Continued from Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart II ....

The story of Kashmir continues to section III in which I will narrate the journey of Kashmiri Pandits as regards to the dispute and the uncertainty of our return to the valley.

Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) in 1990 -

The hatred among Muslims towards Kashmiri Hindus in Kashmir grew more and more during 1980's and finally led to the rise of millitancy. Many Muslim youth were being distracted and were shown the path of millitancy as to be Holy war (Jehad), even in Madrassas - their teaching schools. Youths were sent to PoK to be trained in the art of war. The terrorist organisations like LeT, HuJI and JeM grew more in numbers and started committing attrocities on the population of Kashmir, especially Hindus (KPs). The militancy started in the form of threatening messages from loudspeakers in Masjids, every time Namaz was offered, asking the KPs to leave the valley in order to remain alive. This was followed by

Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart II

Continued from Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart I ....

After presenting the background of the Kashmir dispute in section I, I will explain the implementation of Article 370 in this blog - its effects and contribution to the story of Kashmir.

Article 370 : The Masked Tyrant

On October 26, 1947, Hari Singh, the Maharaja of Kashmir, signed the Instrument of Accession of Kashmir to the Dominion of India. Under this Instrument, he surrendered the jurisdiction of three subjects - Defence, External Affairs and Communications to the Central Government. Lord Mountbatten, presumably with the knowledge and consent of Pt. Nehru, unwisely insisted that the final decision of the accession would be ratified by the Constituent Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir.

Was it not a blunder committed by Nehru to follow Lord Mountbatten blindly?

Jammu & Kashmir : a part or apart I

After 68 blogs in 367 days, a journey which started on 14th May 2010, I have a chance to convey something which I was waiting ardently for - someone else posting @ Livin' Free - barring the opening para, the entire blog has been written by my close friend, my room mate for 3 years - Nikhil Bhan. He is a resident of Jammu & Kashmir; having grown up in a potential dynamite, a simmering volcano of hatred and power since so many years - bursting occasionally to demolish anything within its reach and damaging countless lives till date, he knows much more of Jammu and Kashmir than any of us.

Demo - Demographics....

I was about to sleep off for today but my sight fell on an interesting headline as I was about to close my browser. "Geronimo EKIA" - the 2 words cheered most since 2nd May made me search places to find out articles, opinions and blogs of different people, news channels and countries. A blog titled From India to Dinia : Pakistan to Pakasia (courtesy: Islamabad Times) aroused the "irritating" patriot that I am! I am sure that the first event to occur after reading the above mentioned title was you, the reader, being intrigued by it just as I was. After going through it and the references that I searched about, my sleep was KIA'ed !!