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Every Day is a Kashmir Day || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE |
Is there any other instance
in the history of world where historical events so varied in
context bear commemoration by a common nomenclature as is the case with
Kashmir Day .A Latin American who keeps abreast with the affairs of the subcontinent
courtesy to the Social media . Inquired about the number of times
Kashmir Day is celebrated in one calendar year. Adding any
event celebrated as a Day is once in a year on a particular date.
The
reason Kashmir Day is celebrated by different section on different
dates which goes at cross purposes. Further added did
Kashmiri culture has such a traditions for other occasions too. Cited to
January 19, February 5, February 11, 13 July, August 30.
October 24 and how many more it was asked. As famous saying
that the wife of a poor man is every body’s Bhabi( sister –in-law).So is
the case of beautiful valley and its beautiful people. Its beauty
mesmerizing beauty fairly good looking people like Diamond mines
of South Africa is curse to its people.
No one wants its welfare but use
its to outrage its modesty to hilt. Every one entices vale
Damsel with various names an allurements Some call it Yooume Sdhooudah,
others Kashmir Day Kashmir Solidarity Day, Kashmir martyrs Day,
Kashmiri Pandit Holocaust/Exodus Day.
Even damsel of silver screen was named Kashmir Ki
Kali to sell the picture. So once decades back Ashok Parimoo was
traveling in a train from Manglore to Madras, in the compartment a
hawker was selling Chekoous like a hot cakes in the name of
Kashmir Kaa Chouukous ,Ashok whispered in his ear Chekoous do not grow
in Kashmir.
Poor boy replied with pleading eyes in a hushed
voice Dandeey Kaa Maamlaa Hai ji. Even a MNC selling non sticking
wares in the country put advertisement in leading
magazines about its ware showing Biryani referring it as Kashmiri
Biryani fact is Baryani belongs to Hydrabad.
Absolute truth is which cannot be denied on any
account is that no one is serious about Kashmir but to have its
own pound of flesh or use it to brow neat others. For this writer
every day is a Kashmir .Reminds of an incident while traveling in
an SRTC bus from Srinagar to jammu, one autumn of 1987 .Bus at jawaher
tunnel was signaled to stop due to one way traffic , at that moment from
opposite were coming. Diver of the bus instead to fall in line
went ahead of already waiting for signal vehicles and stop in front of
the tunnel. On duty a Border Security Force personal came up to
the driver and asked to fall in line.
He did not paid any heed despite
repeated request which created a verbal brat and scuffle before matter
got worse passengers intervened. What was funny diver strated
shouting all kashmiri drives block the road adding Rajiv Gandhi Koou
Bullou Kashmir Kaa Faisalaa Aaj YAehhen Paar Hooga. Martyrs’ Day is
observed in Kashmir in remembrance of the people killed on 13 July 1931
by the state forces to control the unruly mob the agitating outside
Srinagar jail .Where a Pathan from Peshawar Abdul Qadeer
Khan a cook to a British was tried on the charge of terrorism and
inciting public against the Ruler of Kashmir.
M.G Akbar journalist-cum
politician whose mother was from Kashmir referred to
inciting speeches of the cook more spices than his cuisine. After
the killing by fire mobs were directed To give went to anger by
the organizers riots after Hindus were targeted looted business
establishment torched to the fire. But saner element rescued protected
and sheltered the suffers. As Sir Marc Aurel Stein conveyed to his
friend on August 9, 1931 “my
sympathy is fully with those who have been so wantonly attacked and
injured”. And the 14 th August Muslim organization
observed Kashmir day to mark protest against the firing which
resulted in killing the year 1931.
Ignoring in that unfortunate incident
Minority faced the horrible brunt from their own majority brothers..
Thereafter from next year 13 July 1932 has been
observed every year as Youumey Shoouda ,Mrytyres Day. Sheilh
Mohammadh Abdullah as Emergency Administrator declared it a State
holiday In 1948 which continues till day. On February 5, is a National
Holiday in Pakistan to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day or Kashmir
Day, since 1990 proposed by the Jamat-e- party in Pakistan was
adopted to support the movement of the people . Ironically, the
Pakistani’s seem to have forgotten that they first observed the
day on October 24,1952.
Pakistan gave the call to observe the day on
October 24. The year was 1952. August 16: Kashmir Martyrs’ Day observed
throughout Pakistan in 1953.The Communists in Kashmir under the directions of CPI gave the call to observe
Kashmir Day on August 30. The year was 1953.Following the execution of
Maqbool Bhat on February 11, 1984, the separatists in Kashmir observe
February 11 as Kashmir Day. post-migration a Kashmiri Pandit
organization named Pir Panchal celebrated Kashmir Day “every year
in August/ September “with a view to educate the people about the
cultural heritage of Pandits”.
Syed Asad Ali in a write up published
in the Dawn: February 5, 2016 observe that Kashmir Day does not mean
anything to the average Pakistani As the years passed by, Kashmir’s freedom
or its accession to Pakistan appeared a distant dream for most who were
fighting for the cause. The Kashmir dispute became an unfortunate
mockery whereby various shopkeepers, tired of their defaulting
customers, strategically pasted stickers around cash counters captioned
“Kashmir ki azaadi tak udhaar bandh hay” (No credit until Kashmir is
liberated). Kashmiri cries for freedom turned into our Schadenfraude.
(German for feeling of enjoyment which emanates from seeing or hearing
about the troubles of others.
“Karachi’s mother is getting ravaged every
day and you are worried about Kashmir.This writer likes to share
some of the comments in response to an write up appeared in the Dawn
the under caption ,Is pro-Pakistan sentiment in Kashmir still
alive? by Gowhar Geelani Feb 05, 2016 to form an independent
opinion.There is a mixed response from Jammu and Kashmir on February 5
last year . Some say that Kashmir Day is of “great significance” whereas
others believe that the observance has been reduced to mere ritual and
that Pakistan’s official stance over Kashmir appears to be
“wavering.Bashir Manzar, Editor-in-chief of Srinagar based English
daily Kashmir Images, feels Kashmir Solidarity Day is “ritualistic” and
meant only to address Pakistan’s domestic constituency. “Honestly speaking,
I don’t attach much importance to this ritualistic day.
It may be good
for the successive Pakistani governments domestically, but Pakistan’s
state policy on Kashmir has been as inconsistent as India’s,”
Mudassar from Pakistan feels thus As Pakistanis we should
focus on improving the situation in Pakistan and life of Pakistanis. We
have enough of our own problems to solve. We are facing an existential
threat from extremists. Imagine what we will do with addition of another
12 million population with generally poor education, low skills, poor
work ethics and poverty ?
It’s time that we understand that a lot of
water has gone down the jhelum, chenab and sutlej; and its time to
really focus on nation building before it is too late. kkk again from
across views Why writer forget one thing that is to gave the view Of
real kashmiri called kashmiri pundit.
Fani We are ‘celebrating’ Kashmir Day, while
shutting down all economic activities, despite already having fragile
& oblivious economy…shutting down all businesses on this particular
day means hefty financial loss…damaging our own economy rather benefiting
Kashmiris…what a ‘Nation’ we are….????????
Putho We just draining
our resources in the name of Kashmir and get a bad name world over, let us stop dreaming with our
eyes open and spend the resources for education and people’s welfare so
we can at least stop children from dying.
(The writer is a Jammu based environmentalist and a regular contributor to this Website.)
(Feedback at: blparimoo@gmail.com)
