Since my childhood I had been wondering why India and Pakistan quarrel over Kashmir question and they aren't willing to compromise. So what shall we do with the state of Kashmir? Shall we give to Pakistan so it would get some income through Tourism and stabilize its economy? Or shall we retain it to have an strategic edge over Pakistan? What's the purpose of the sacrifices of the soldiers on both sides? Shall we add some meaning to the martyrs who died fighting for both Pakistan and India? We shall do onething. Let's give the land to the orphans, widows, rape victims, old people, mentally-affected disabled people living in both India and Pakistan. Let the state be jointly managed by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It can also be monitored by U.N or W.H.O. Let's guard the unfortunate in an respectable manner. Don't say it's not possible. Anything is possible. This wouldn't take much money. Rather than investing it on arms and weapons in the idea of protecting citizens, why not protect the citizens directly?
Let's give the unfortunate people a paradise for themselves. Let the orphans realize that they have got brothers and sisters when they move with other childrens. Let the widows of fallen military soldiers feel accomplished that their husbands sacrifice was meaningful. Let the inter-caste, inter-religious rape victims realize that even soft hands can touch them so they can forget their mental trauma. Let the old people live their last days in life staying far away from busy city life. Let the mentally affected people be allowed to rejuvenate. Who knows, they might get cured by being in the serene environment like Kashmir. Wouldn't the respective Governments be happy if they get a well cured citizen back to serve their country?
For many readers this might be a joke, but for people without siblings like me this is a wish. I don't have brothers or sisters in my life. I am not crying nor depressed nor sad, but at one stage of life I would be alone. But I believe that my country won't let me down. It's sad to watch so many young women getting the Vir Chakra for their husbands sacrifice during the Indian Independance/Republic Day parades. Losing their husbands at such an young age. The society wouldn't allow them for a re-marriage neither in India nor in Pakistan as both are traditional countries. Is that mean that people who are near the border and those in Army should die just because its their destiny and fate? The rest of the citizens can enjoy and live in peace while there should be some people dying always on both sides? Let it be India or Pakistan, an human is an human. Something to think about! Just give it a thought.
-Krishna Kumar.S
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