policy is no policy at all. Implementing a policy which is not
result-oriented is just a waste of time and energy.
Anachronism
The
goal of the movement launched after 1947 in Kashmir was
to make Kashmir into a separate pocket. This was plainly an
anachronism. The present age is one of international relations. In
such a situation, the making of separate pockets is an irrelevance.
In this connection, one lesson-giving example is that of Pakistan.
The formation of Pakistan was based on this same concept of a
separate pocket. Prior to 1947 the theory advanced by the Muslim
leaders who advocated the creation of Pakistan was that creating a
separate pocket was a must for the survival of their national identity.
Yet, once Pakistan had been brought into existence, the majority
of the educated people of Pakistan opted to go to Europe and
America and abandoned Pakistan, the God-given country, as they
called it – ‘
Mamlekat-e-Khuda dad
’. Earlier these leaders had insisted
on Muslims being a separate nation, but then they adopted the
nationality of other countries —America, France, Britain, Germany,
etc. They preferred to live in these countries rather than in Pakistan.
Now the Kashmiris, who are trying to form a separate political
pocket, should learn a lesson from this sorry state of affairs in
Pakistan. They should refrain from basing their movement on
unrealistic objectives and then later going against their own stand
under the pressure of circumstances.
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The Dawn Over Kashmir
