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contact home. Back home all banks are closed, including ATM’s state. And symbols include poor CRPF men, most of them drawn
since last one week. into the vortex of the complex political mess, that is Kashmir.
There are also cases, yes 100 odd cases, as per official figures,
‘Concerned’ government did announce a slew of measures and
of youth who have even taken to arms, like 21-year-old Burhan
that includes a helpline for medical emergencies.
Wani.
All mobile phone services, barring state-owned BSNL, have
Wani’s death on July 8 was the trigger of the current unrest. So
been suspended. Meaning you can not communicate. Mobile
obviously “the nation needs to be told” the reality of the people
internet had already been snapped including on the state-owned
gone crazy. The people who do not want to be part of an
BSNL. The newspapers, yes the local newspapers, dedicated to
emerging global power must be off their nuts. But the nation also
Kashmir and filling the void created by the absence of any
asks questions sometimes. Questions like why do these people
alternate medium of information, too have been ordered shut. It
hate us even after 60 years of largesses and the special status?
is like putting a lid on a pressure cooker. The absence of
information or lack of it leads to conflict is the fact that we all Oh no! This is the job of the rogue state next door jealous of
know but all of us don’t believe. India’s rise. Well, they have been hell bent on disturbing our
Why don’t they eat cake if there is no bread peace ever since they came into being. The next question
Oh yes, there is TV. 24X7. But they speak a different language.
obviously comes what have we been doing to undo their
Their TRPs come, not from 7 million caged people (mind it many
mischief?
of them don’t watch TV as there is no electricity) but from a billion
plus thriving nation of patriots who hate anything anti-Indian. Kashmir perhaps is the only place left in the 21st-century world
which does not have a satellite channel (Photo credit: Faisal
And here you have a people gone crazy. They vent their anger at
Khan)
anything symbolising state of India. And increasingly the Make Kashmiris behave
misguided, rather guided from across the border, break law by Yes, behave. Impose extended curfews to stop them from falling
violating stifling curfew and hurl stones at these symbols of the into the trap. Block free flow of information as that may include
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