Hand on my heart I have been thinking of Dulat the last few weeks. Not just because of the brilliant tweet by @rahulpandita asking us to think abt Faesal & his trip to Delhi & back, but also because I have been wondering who has been pushing these separatists as opposed to Jammu.
How are two bit KMs from the valley on TV Panels & no one from Jammu ever is.
How do only Kashmiri scholars/journalists reach the research & policy orgs, are groomed & become blue eyed boys/girls & Jammu remains unrepresented.
Why are seminar circuits dominated by KMs?
How do regional & anti Jammu papers continue to run despite being boycotted in Jammu?
Why is a Shehla who most don’t know in JK getting so much attention.
Why js a joker like Faesal who asked for a Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan hailed as an answer to a prayer.
Why is Jammu not important.
I had asked this to AS Dulat in London once & he had laughed & said Jammu is not going anywhere.
Farooq Abdullah had laughed at the same quest & said, who wants Jammu.
Well ofcourse Jammu is not that cream pie, that retirement plan.
Last laugh is on the people who were supporting a Shehla or a Faesal.
Last laugh is on the real people of JK, who have been used.
And if appeasement 2.0 will continue at the cost of the real stakeholders, at the cost of #Jammu nothing will change. #JammuAndKasmir
Additionally one wondered why #Jammu entreprenuers were struggling while the ones in Kashmir who were openly anti-India being funded, felicitated and opening up businesses in Jammu.
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