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.
Bushan Parimoo