Junaid malik
Ever since the Afro-Asian nations broke their shackles from the colonial occupations,it drew up a line of unsettled territories almost in every continent which led its habitants to remain entangled in struggle and strife with the occupants.the fleeing forces in haste left behind unsettled and unmarked territories and kashmir is surely one of them.kashmir is such a buffer zone which is hanging between two hostile nations and occupants themselves holding discerning ideologies making the matter a political muck of never ending stride.
The kashmir struggle which has passed through different stages and epochs with a unique characteristics in each decade has finally landed in the hands of an ideologically emancipated and rationally matured generation who are now leading from the front.but No occupational force could ever occupy a territory unless and until it sets its intelligence and wavelength akin to local populace. India is covertly apart from military might applying all its military diplomacy to maintain its status quo in kashmir through local populace itself.The only difference is the magnitude of voluntarily or involuntarily involvement brewing up swarm of questions as to who is collaborator in kashmir.
Every now and then we see the youth of the state emerging on every forefront with accomplished goals and making their mark in a society ridden by struggle and strife.if a day marks the killing of Guerilla and millions of people attending their funerals,the fallowing day comes out with an unique accomplishment of some youth bursting the strings of print and electronic media with showers and deluges of praises. The protagonist and antagonist swap their position in a jiffy in kashmir depending upon the situational exigencies which suits our particular moment at a given time
The trend in the last few years especially after a young doctor from remote area of north kashmir made it to top the UPSC has completely changed wherein the young and talented guys are making it to the top ranks of country like IAS IPS IIT NEET and other state and national exams.the same genre after soon after their induction automatically become the part and parcel of the system being posted as administrative heads in different capacities who pass on the decrees of draconian laws like PSA over the youth of state and more particularly in kashmir who till then are the role models and idols of the the aspiring youth of the state.It then becomes a Herculean task to draw a clear line between the idols and demons from this perspective.Are These sons and daughters of soil who are now encoiled in a main stream system be not called collaborators to push their followers behind the barracks and deep in dungeon.
The social media always remains abuzz with castigation and bashing of national being unfair and biased towards kashmir who report distorted facts and cook up concocted stories to malign the just struggle of kashmir.but it's really ironical that most of these media houses have their stringers, reporters and even bureau Cheifs from kashmir itself who report the news from ground zero and being on the pay roll of these corporate media houses.very recently the most abhorred and envied journalist known for spewing venom against kashmir and who very recently started his own media venture has his bureau chief for kashmir from kashmir itself that too a promising and young female journalist of the valley.it is here which jumbles the context as to where the venom germinates to be thrown back.And even more difficult to identify the collaborator.are these media channels or those who send the signals from kashmir to miles away studios in Indian metropolitans the collaborators to defame the kashmir struggle.
Then there comes the role of our budding stars in sports,art,culture and other allied fields who have made their mark at national and international level.Recently a young talented kid from kashmir made it to win gold at international level and another one won the national award for her spectacular acting skills in a famous Bollywood movie.Both these events were well encashed by the state amidst the 2016 turbulence but yet here again the question remains unanswered which consequently led to a storm of opposing ideologies whether to celebrate or castigate these marvels when the discerning voices carries equal weightage and worth in the opposite camps . It becomes a puzzle whether a nation which is designated as alien and suppressive of the genuine rights of the state could be represented in equal terms at different platforms to earn name and fame for self and the alien country itself.isn't strange a nation which is abhorred in every nook and cranny is represented by the children of the subjugated land with draping tricolor and biting medals.
It is an established fact that whenever crisis situation went out of hands from the government control.,it employs such practices which can dose off the flames and cool the ambers of over resistance like paying 10k to each employee of the state irrespective of rank and file during 2008 assembly elections duties or mass recruitment of SPOs during the 2016 mass uprising to count few among many state employed tools to curb the violence. The state is well justified within its ambit to employ any method which curbs the violence and serves the national interest of the country but the question of collaboration again rise its head when thousands of youth including young aspiring girls participate in the recruitment rallies of state police or paramilitary forces even at the peak of recurring disturbances.then there are those more than four lacs state govt employee who toil round the clock to run the state machinery and whose monthly wages are drawn from the Centre exchequer barring meager ten percent from the state.
The matter becomes even more messy and complicated when the young kids and their parents are seen running from pillar to post to seek the scholarship from Centre under various scholarship schemes for students and more particularly for minorities under prime minister scholarship for minorities for higher studies. A big scandal came to fore when various valley based NGOs were found involved in this scheme to seek scholarship for students.Then there is every one out there of every strata of state to collaborate to solidify the hands and firm the foundations of state machinery to keep the state under occupation.Then there is every leader of street out there a collaborator who defects to further his own group and let the enemy, if any creep in the rows to meet their interest.
If imperialism and fascism is a crime, then anyone facilitating the regime to deep dug the roots is a collaborator is the given sense.then every student,artist,reporter,writer
These opposite end horses of kashmir cart will lead to no end except for blood bath and genocide of generations.A protagonist today is tomorrow a villain in kashmir when this deluge of Interst groups are thriving and mushrooming with no clear aim and rational approach to lead from front.Until and unless kashmir finds its collaborator without camouflaging the things and driven by illusions, the collaborator will find his due place wherever he seeks to place himself.if they fail,then they are the collaborators of first order who know neither the way nor the vision to beacon the fallowers.
Author can be reached at malikjunaid22@gmail.com
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