Last week history was made in Kashmir. The genesis of this change in history is the death of two young kashmiri men. This was no ordinary death. They were shot dead in cold blood by army. This was concluded in the investigations of the state government as well as the army itself. Killings like these have been happening in Kashmir for the past 20 years, the latest one after these two being the shooting of a young carpenter in another part of the state. What makes the death of these two young men different is the resistance that the villagers showed up against it. Their peaceful yet resilient fight was against the army camp amidst their village, members of which were responsible for the death of those two innocent men. Their demand: shift the army camp.
They were united and steadfast in their demand. Peaceful, yet so powerful that their struggle yielded results that were never seen before in Kashmir. The army camp was shifted from that village. It was the victory of innocence and peaceful resilience.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
for gods sake.. were not hindus or sikhs!
I happened to listen to a few media reports on the recent violence in Pakistan's North-West. Often they interview civilians fleeing military offensives. Once too often one hears some flavor of the following comment from the poor hapless fleeing souls: "its not like were hindus or sikhs.. why the hell is our own government bombing our villages?". Is this messed up or is this messed up?
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