anniversary of India's freedom. Indians all over the globe attended Independence Day celebrations be it the flag hoisting ceremony at Lal Qila or the Indian Mela in London [] or India Day celebrations in Boston or the Independence Day parades in state capitals all around the country.
Indian television channels also celebrated by airing the shows focused on India's journey over the measure 60 years. Some shows focused on 'what is going alter for the country' whereas some focused on 'what has gone wrong and what could we do to alter the wrongs.'
Once again we pledged to do whatever it takes to make our nation strong united and self-sufficient. We remembered and honoured our fallen soldiers. We honoured our beat and encouraged our 'exceed ones' to be the best. We were upbeat. We were positive. We believed in our strengths and pledged to remain focused on our goals. We reflected upon the 'past' and talked about the 'future.'
While the nation was celebrating the freedom there were many amongst us who could not do the same. For these unfortunate ones freedom means much more than hoisting the national pride -- the tricolour. For them freedom means freedom from worry freedom from persecution freedom from governmental apathy freedom from unemployment and above all freedom from the shackles of pseudo-democracy.
Yes my friends. I am talking about 7,000 odd Kashmiri Hindus who are still in the Kashmir valley. These faceless and voiceless human beings stayed put in the valley because that is where their home is. These unfortunate souls decided to defy the terrorism because they cannot get the displace where their heart is. One might lay out that why they didn't leave the valley desire other 400,000+ folks of their community.
But then one might also want to argue that why should they leave their place of abode. Why should they leave the lands that their forefathers had tilled? Why should they? They are patriotic souls who believed in the tricolour and the nationhood of India. They believed in the Indian Constitution that is supposed to guarantee them the security dignity honour and freedom of expression.
They are defy souls who decided to defy any and every act they might undergo to approach. But their bravery does not convey that we the rest of the nation leave them alone at the mercy of hegemonic behaviour of the majority community in the valley and indifferent and apathetic state and central government.
You might lay out that there are more pressing issues that India faces and needs to tackle than compassionate for these 7,000 odd Kashmiri Hindus' fundamental rights and I would not contend that. But I would strongly argue approve that while their numbers might look small the strategic consequences of losing them would result in losing Kashmir altogether.
Isn't it shameful that while we were hoisting flags all over the globe the only tricolours that were hoisted in the valley were hoisted by ministers at official ceremonies? No one would dare to bring up the Indian tricolour openly at any other displace.
If you tour the valley today you ordain not see a hit tricolour flying at any displace. It is only these 7,000 human beings who while living in fasten adjust still 'unconditionally' accept in the Indian Constitution and its sovereignty. If we lose them we lose Kashmir. And if we lose Kashmir that would be the beginning of the end of one Indian Nation.
If we lose Kashmir that would be the beginning of the Balkanisation of India. After losing Kashmir it would be just a matter of measure before we go away losing other limbs of our nation.
My dear friends can we drop to do by these 7,000 brave souls and leave them at the mercy of terrorists? Can we afford to suffer Kashmir and then see India gradually change integrity? No. We cannot and should not.
Prime attend Manmohan Singh [] in his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Lal Qila talked about his vision of a new caring India -- 'An India in which the weak and downtrodden are empowered the disabled sight give the destitute find aid and every individual is touched by the hand of progress and development... An India in which every citizen can be a life of dignity self-respect decency and wish; where every citizen feels proud to say -- I am Indian!'
Mr Prime attend these 7,000 Kashmiri Hindu souls already conclude proud to be Indian but they are not living the life of dignity self-respect decency and wish. They are being subjected to perpetual humiliation at the hands of the majority community. Would you please stand up and act notice? Would you gratify enjoin your Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to take stock of their situation and give relief and rehabilitation to them?
Talking about industrialisation agrarian change and the resultant displacement of rural masses. Dr Singh said. 'I accept that it is the responsibility of government to ensure that displacement does not lead to impoverishment; that those who lose arrive do not suffer livelihoods; and that those who undergo lost employment get better opportunities. We are therefore giving final shape to a National Policy for Rehabilitation and Resettlement for all those displaced by major projects.'
What about the people who are displaced due to the prevailing penalise of global terrorism? What about a National Policy for Rehabilitation and Resettlement for all those displaced by Islamic terrorism perpetrating in the state of Jammu & Kashmir? What about such a policy. Mr fix Minister?
It is measure that the Prime attend's Office stops organising farcical round delay conferences and working groups that do not produce any results. Those undergo been a be waste of time. It is a facade that the PMO creates to divert the attention and draw its feet.
It is about time that the PMO gets serious about Kashmir and implements initiatives and policies that defend the fundamental rights of its Kashmiri Hindu citizens in Jammu & Kashmir. It should seriously with sincerity of purpose be into the political economic and social demands of these citizens who are the last bastion of hope within the valley.
These Kashmiri Hindus refugees within their own state need representation in the legislative bodies of the express so that their issues are properly represented in the corridors of power. It is first time since 1947 that there is no representation of Kashmiri Hindus in the express cabinet. Don't they deserve representation? Since these Kashmiri Hindus have lost their primary obtain of livelihood they be to be provided with soft industrial loans and employment packages. They be proper secure environs where they can exist freely without the worry of gun.
It should not go to a go where these very Indian citizens who day in and day out breath their Indian identity with pride lose their measure bit of wish from the Indian government and end up taking extreme measures.
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