The attack in Uri near Baramullah in Jammu and Kashmir on 18th of this month surely deserves highest condemnation and where 19 Indian Army Jawans were killed in cold blood by the Pakistani backed terrorists though Pakistan may deny its involvement. I am sure without Pakistani hand directly or indirectly no such terrorist attack can come on Indians.
It is a hard fact that Pakistan will never give peace to India since Pakistan was born only to destroy Hindu India. It is surprising to know that still in Pakistan a large number of Pakistanis believe that India means totally Hindu dominated country where there is no place for Islam to survive and Muslims to live. The founding fathers of Pakistan were under the firm belief that Hindus in India will never give them peace in India, for this reason as Poet Iqbal proposed a separate political entity for Indian Muslims was imperative. In fact the major pillar of the initiator of Pakistan, Mohammed Ai Jinnah once told Gandhiji directly on his face that “I don’t trust Nehru and others to get justice for Muslims in India tough I trust you because there is only one Gandhi in India (who is secular by core) and that is YOU (Gandhiji).
The partition time atrocities committed by Hindus and Sikhs on Indian Muslims especially on Muslim women, as reported by the Pakistani Muslims, are still creating a chilling effect on Muslims not only from Pakistan and India but also on all around the globe. The defeat India inflicted on Pakistan in East Pakistan by creating an independent country Bangladesh is the worst humiliation for Pakistanis. As a revenge for both the above incidents, Pakistanis are teaching India, to quote their term “a very good retaliatory lesson” thru the spread of terrorism in India by using Jammu and Kahsmir as base.
Pakistan is fighting its proxy war with India thru Kashmiri freedom fighters who are desperately trying to free their land from India and in this fight they are immensely supported by the Pakistani government just as India did in Goa during Portuguese rule by sending terrorist type of Indians to Goa in the garb of freedom fighters to create chaos in Goa.
Whether it is right or wrong, the dispute between India and Pakistan will never come to an end unless the Kashmir issue is settled peacefully according to the wishes of Pakistan and whether India agrees to this or not is a different matter. Pakistan is fighting its proxy war with India as Jihad that means they are fighting it in the name of their religion where they are ready to sacrifice anything dearest to them.
Pakistan does not mind suffering any amount of disasters but is India ready for the same? India is too decent and too civilized country to follow in the footsteps of Pakistan. Hence, India will have to do some sort of sacrifice to remove the thorn from its body by settling the Kashmir issue peacefully. Because of one small disputed area Kashmir India is suffering too much and too long. Going to the war with Pakistan similar to East Pakistan is impossible unless India wants to commit suicide. I hope better sense will prevail.
While our Jawans were dying our Defence Minister was busy in Goa concentrating on forming the strategy for the coming election. Will Parricar as Defence Minister do justice for his job? Is he fit to be there in the first place? Will he be another disgraceful Krishna Menon who as Defense Miister failed India against China in 1962? Surely it looks like.
A.Veronica Fernandes.