You may say why this title heading to the write up, but as you read the article, you will find that the title is very apt and appropriate. Einstein cried many years ago and so must the Savarkar in his heaven. Kashmiri Pandits and the Pandit package employees have been made prisoners of the procedures by the successive state/UT and centre governments and they have been made pawns in the political chess game. It will be no exaggeration to state that BJP has all along marketed the pain and duress of the exiled Kashmiri Pandits for their political and vote bank dividends. The exiled KP’s in Jammu and other parts of India are facing troubles and inconvenience due to the apathy and cold shoulder of the authorities at the helm of affairs and so does those few hundreds still living at scattered places in valley and they are living at the mercy of the Kashmiri Muslims. In proverbial terms it can be said that KP’s are ‘Na Ghar Ke na Ghat ke’ and they have been ruined because of their exiled life due to the forced exodus at the hands of radicalized and armed marauders in and after 1990 and afterwards while those in power laughed and allowed the unfortunate exodus to happen and mind all this occurred in free, democratic and secular India. Coming to the theme of this write up, Years after E=mC2 was patented in 1905 by Einstein; the moot formula was brought in application in form of atom bomb by Openheimer in WW-II. Fondly, the psychotic inventor called one of the bombs, Fat Boy, that was bombarded over Nagasaki. Following the incident, the Print published that upon the explosion; building out there did not melt down but vaporized out of the nuclear heat. The scene dusty haze was only scored by hysterical cries of peeled off children.
Upon receiving the description of the war field Einstein was reported to have maleaseful days and sleepless nights. All the pride he took out of the invention had vanished in guilt. Einstein cried but it was too late. I believe every decade of history had either something in making or something to show up in battle field. Tweaking two decades back from World War-II, Veer Savarkar in 1920 coined a term called Hindutva in RSS lab and like I said these took the potion few decades to brew and mature before it could yield fruits for BJP in 2014. It is said the masses can be tamed by 3Bs, Babe (distorting the belief over Sex), Books (propaganda) and Booze. Here in this case the potion had matured in barrels to be served to masses. Out of whole amalgamation that started taking shape after absolute majority was delegated to Modiji, all we saw bleak GDP growth, higher inflations, all time high unemployment and my favorite 'Toll Tax'. This tax always reminds me of a joke that in Beliva, there is one standard dialogue " who is the new president this week" meaning every week there is new president because of political chaos and instability. And on same lines every time a person hits toll plaza in India, his frequently asked query is " iss mahene kitna badaya" meaning how much toll taxed increased this month. Nonetheless, keeping all derivatives of Hindutva aside let me talk of the brunt of which I have first hand experience. I am talking about one sap that proved to be nectar for BJP to sustain. The nectar that swept votes for BJP in 2019 with a white wash. With a white wash that hard that its sprinkles splashed over RaGa's political career as dark spots for years to come. Yes you are right the land of article 370 a.k.a Kashmir. You must be wondering why I didn't mention Jammu in between, and it is because if you go to any quarter of India and tell people that you belong to Jammu ; their reaction will be a euphoric moment with a jaw drop and light in their eyes….ahhhh Kashmir!! You would try to educate them that the two places are separated by mountains and 300km long NH44 but after your lecture they would disregard it subtly and repeat "yeah Kashmir ".
Besides Shikaras, Wazwans, Martand Sun temple, of late they have introduced one more heritage that they flaunt about. KPs call; it cage that signifies PM's Package for Relief & Rehabilitation. Now, why the package is locally called cage because the KP employees appointed under such package believe that the name cage symbolizes the aforementioned package. For those who don't know, the package was introduced as employment supplement for youth of KP society that was exiled. However then establishment out of their political gimmicks and tricks merged this package with other plan that was meant to rehabilitate exiled KPs in Kashmir called KP Rehabilitation Plan. Though the rehabilitation plan was declared officially 'a failure ' by then PM , Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2014. Nevertheless, the haunting shadows do not give any rid to the package employees. Instead the package was mocked as 8th wonder of world since it was first of its kind where KP were tried to rehabilitate without providing them any habitat in Kashmir.
Anyway, let us cut it short and zoom it further on current affairs regarding the cage. You might wonder about the fact that up to mid 1900s, American Blacks were forcibly nurtured into American zoos by the US government as piece of exhibition to establish a national revenue stream .And were exhibited against tickets. And here in 'cage' case, Modi Ji goes a bit further on negotiation. He doesn't exhibit the Kashmir- shackled package employee against tickets but show case them on skewed T.V. channels and in-person RSS visitors to Kashmir for baseless structural changes and audacious attempts of demographic doping. Pt. Nehru in book, 'Glimpse of World History' says that it is a miracle how Jews and Kashmiri Pandits still exist on this planet despite of all atrocities. Not a single opportunity has R.S.S left to prove Pt. Nehru incorrect ever since they took helms in their hands and later handed over it to ill-informed bureaucrats and 'wanna be' state BJP politicians. It won't be inappropriate, if present conditions of PMP are compared to Holocaust wherein Adolf Hitler on side had broadcasted an ultimatum to Jews to leave Germany and on the other hand poor Jews were asked to submit their passports lest they can escape and could be prosecuted in concentration camps. On same lines, PM Package employees are running from pillar to post to dodge the bullet that has been threatened by TRF. All they are asking for is a rational move from LG administration to save them; but instead the present establishment is making sure that their salaries are withheld just in case they sneak out a toe out of the zoo.
While charade Hindutava is bringing all goodies to BJP, like 3rd term win in Lok-Sabha elections, the word has taken a different meaning for PMP. Hindutava a compound word of two elementary words, Hindu (one who practices Hinduism) +Tava (pan). They heated up the tava and pushed Hindu (KP youth) to sit on this the word Hindutava. Einstein felt the nuclear heat and cried so must be Savarkar as he feels the heat of Tava on which KP youth is forcibly pushed to sit onto in Kashmir. Einstein felt the nuclear heat and cried so must be Savarkar as he feels the heat of Tava on which KP youth are forcibly pushed to sit onto in Kashmir. The new Omar government and the centre NDA dispensation headed by PM Narendra Modi should sincerely take steps to mitigate the concerns and problems of the KP exile community living in Jammu and outside till Honorable, dignified, and secure rehabilitation is made possible in valley .At the same time temporarily transfer the Package employees to Jammu till the situation normalizes in Kashmir otherwise they will become cannon fodder to the militants who are still raising their ugly head again and again and resorting to target killings sadistically. Further with regard to the career progression of package employees, the government has heaped injustice on these employees by implementing government order No 34 JK DMRRR where their seniority is fixed separately which is discrimination and negates natural justice. The new Omar government should rescind this order. In brief exiled KP’s including package employees need to be seen through the prism of humanity while addressing their problems.
(Vivek Koul & Omkar Dattatray)
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