PLEASE LOOK FOR 3 QUESTIONS IN THE END.
I have been thinking for a while,,,ya thats true,thinking.We keep on hearing words like terrorists killed ............,there was a bomb blast by ...........terrorists,,,some 'innocent' people were butchered by terrorists.So who are these terrorists??????Mind u the answers are alltogether not easy to find out especially if u happen to study deeply.Now since i am an Indian so its sort of obligatory for me to start with my own homeland.My fellow indians might be wondering,what nonsense???of course pakistanis are the real terrorists!!!Its crystal clear,there is no room for discussion.To answer this question accurately we have to go back to the days of partition.
India got the freedom on 15 august 1947 and pakistan one day early,on 14 august.The country was divided according to the wishes of Mohammad ali jinnah,there is absolutely no problem uptill here.Barring the fact that thousands of people lost their lives due to partition,there is nothing great as this was anticipated considering the large scale migration.India had hope of getting lahore and pakistan had pinned its hopes on amritsar,but it happened otherwise.But still the larger issue of independent states like Junagadh in gujrat and kashmir were left.Of course even the state of Hyderabad ruled by nizam was also unsettled.Anyways,there were approximately 562 princely states at the time of partition,most of them very small.So they alloted themselves to either india or pakistan.Now the ruler of junagadh was a muslim but most of his kingdom comprised of hindus.Natrually the ruler wanted to cede to pakistan,,on paper he had the right to do so.He even agreed to cede to pakistan only to find out that his people have rebelled against him.India,sensing the opportunity sent its forces and occupied the land,held a plebicite to know the people's will.Of course the hindus decided to merge with india and thus junagadh became a part of India.
Exactly opposite was the scenario in Kashmir.Ruler of kashmir was maharaja hari singh(a hindu)....but most of the subjects were muslims.Initially the raja wanted independence,was not in favour of joining either india or pakistan.It was until 1948 when pakistani tribals attacked kashmir in order to gain control,maharaja called for indian help,india blackmailed him(yes sadly so,this is what actually happened).......that he has to cede to india in order to get protection.Helpless he did that.But there is a catch,,jawaharlal nehru promised to hold a plebicite to know the will of the people,of course that day never came and since then kashmir has been a part of india
Now here is the difficult part for us(i mean indians)
1)who is the actual terrorist,india,which has wrongfully occupied kashmir....denied the people right to self determination or pakistan which still strives for getting kashmir????
2)do we really think kashmiris would prefer india given the choice????
3)was it right what we did???
****i havent't touched upon the issue of kashmiri pundits in this post,,,that will be discussed seperately
