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1/n My thread on #KashmirThroughMyEyes talks about how abrogation of Article 370 broke the back of #CounterInsurgencyIndustry in Kashmir. Everyone milked Kashmir. With one stroke the spine of this industry was broken. That was Kashmir. What was the bigger game?
2/n I now do a thread on #MilkingPakistanBogey on how Milking Pakistan was a full time job of politicians, military men, bureaucrats, middlemen and commission agents. It paid to keep Pakistan as Enemy No.1. How did a country with 1/20th of our GDP become a national passion?
3/n #MilkingPakistanBogey Galwan has broken spine of the Pakistan Bogey lot. Balakot- ‘Hamne ghus ke mara’ to going back to 1971 when breaking Pakistan into two was the biggest event exploited by IG. From Indira Gandhi to current PM, story was same. NOT ANY MORE.
1/n #IndoChinaCrisis2020 If this doesn’t open our eyes and shake us nothing will. Rigidity of thoughts, being blind to reality, arrogance of rulers supported by spineless ‘jee huzoor’ variety of military advisers brings us to knees. India is silent today. Silence is deafening.
2/n #IndoChinaCrisis2020 Everybidy is silent. Generals, Strategists, hi flying panelists, intellectuals and the creme-de-la-creme Security Advisors who ‘screamed’ are silent. The people, the Genersls & the strategists who ask questions are villains. Towing line is ‘Nationalism’.
3/n #IndoChinaCrisis2020 I have asked a 100 questions covering 58 years, 1962-2020, but there are no answers. It’s extremely easy to split these 58 years into Congress & BJP & start a mud slinging match. It suits both, why? Simply because it splits 58 years and deflects attention
#KashmirThroughMyEyes 1. Insurgency, terrorism & chaos in Kashmir was full time business & a career enhancement tool. I have written extensively in past on ‘why solving Kashmir issue did not find favour with establishment?” It WAS a thriving industry.
#KashmirThroughMyEyes 2. I saw developments, on ground, in 90’s. Very closely for 15 years thereafter & served in most intense CI environment. From local to national politicians, bureaucrats, Army, police & intelligentsia agreed that ‘Kashmir problem did not have a solution’.
#KashmirThroughMyEyes 3. A labourer in my camp left happily to join J&K Police as ‘recruit’. Said he had paid Rs 5 lacs in 1999. Whole family has contributed. He was confident that in three years he will ‘recover’. Common man across valley suffered. No one was interested.
