Grenade Mode "On" Again In Kashmir

Grenade mode on again in Kashmir

When anyone says word ''Paradise'' in front of you maybe you will think of lush green meadows, flowers who are in full bloom, gurgling streams, freshwater lakes, dense forests, chirping of birds, privacy and secrecy , fresh aquatic winds, aromas of lavender flowers and musk deers, soul soothing breeze, snow capped mountains, etc etc, but when someone refers ''Kashmir'' as ''Paradise'', case is contrasting.

This is the place which possesses all the elements of Paradise but painted in ''Red''. Subtle slopes that seem to  overlap in the horizons, shadows of chinars, fast flowing Jhelum, simplicity of people ,frozen springs and almost everything which provides contentment and calmness to any human being is in Kashmir but unfortunately painted with red. Everything is painted with blood stains. Every Kashmiri has become the victim of bloodshed and in this post-enlightenment period where billions of people claim that they are educated enough and believe in 'live and let live' mantra there is a gross violation of human rights across the globe. Kashmir is one of the places in the word where innocent people suffer without any reason.Those who are Pro-Indian or Pro-Pakistani had fully involved themselves in the battle but those who  have little acquaintance with mainstream politicians or separatists or any Pak operated terror group or Indian Army are suffering without any reason. Common man in Kashmir has become the sandwich for both Indian and Pakistani supporters and are worst hit because of the rift between the two. Everyone is claiming Kashmir as its own territory and carrying out operations against each other on this piece of Paradise.But no one is asking what a common 'Kashmiri'' wants?  One of the worst things Kashmiris are facing is uneven grenade attacks on crowds. Whoever is doing it ,it is totally a wrong act.I ask them if you don't have potential to fight face to face then surrender but do not attack innocents. Common man doesn't want bloodshed at all. 

I recall the time when these grenade attacks were at its peak from the mid 90's to around 2013. There is a holy shrine of Hazrat Abu Bakar Sidiq (RA) at my village and my parents and country men often narrate the incident  of grenade attack in our village which took place on the day of Urs of Hazrat A Syedna Abu Bakar Sidiq (RA). People were just celebrating the festival and miscreants lobbed grenade on innocent people in which few people died and several were injured. One among the injured was my another cousin brother and according to my mother , my cousin and brother escaped narrowly when we were around 8-9 years old. My mother narrates that i screamed for an ice cream which a non local vendor was selling and fortunately we were far from him at that time when i insisted my mother to bring an icecream for me. She said that ''I was holding the hand of your cousin brother and you was in my lap and suddenly you saw a Bihari (usually used for non local labourers in Kashmir)selling 'malayi walli ice-cream'' and you started screaming for it. I went towards the seller along with both of you. When i reached close to him for buying ice cream , blast occurred. We were barely 5 meters away from him and his head got beheaded and i saw blood everywhere. Shouts and screams haunted me .  I saw your another cousin screaming for help. I started weeping and left the venue. I was searching for someone who will help your cousin brother who received abdominal injuries. I left you and your cousin brother at the entrance of our colony and went back to help your injured cousin brother'', she recalled. It was a very heart wrenching story and it was not only one. Another incident happened where me and my parents too narrowly escaped at Sopore , when I was ill. That story is so horrible that I don't want to even share that experience. Parents of Kashmir face tonnes of hardship to bring up their kids. Terrorism has led to trepidation among residents of Kashmir.

When I passed intermediate i wanted to pursue B A in Travel and Tourism but it was offered at Sopore college where most of the grenade attacks used to occur at that time, so i preferred to to complete my degree at Baramulla college instead. Every Kashmir has almost suffered in most of the ways from these grenade attacks and even these attacks changed the fate and lives of many innocent people. But fortunately since the past decade graphs of these uneven grenade attacks went below mark and I was happy as at least one way of massacring innocents stopped but since the beginning of 2022 , it has again started with a higher fatality rate than of late 90's and early 20's . Government should introspect and activate intelligence agencies so that this kind of mishaps are prevented. It kills every Kashmiri within. History should not repeat in that way . Every Kashmiri wants to erase the bad distressing memories of late 90's and early 20's. Everyone is condemning the cowardly acts of hurling grenades but no one seems willing to bring policies and alternatives through which these attacks can be stopped. Stop the blame game and start acting instead.This way of carnage  and butchery is wreaking havoc among Kashmiris.