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| Gun culture has ruined Kashmir | | |
Kashmir in the recent past has witnessed tremendous surge in the suicide cases. Experts have linked the increasing number of suicides in the Valley with prolonged Covid lockdown but many are of the opinion that the prevailing gun culture is responsible for all the evils prevailing in the Valley.
According to the media reports the drug addiction among youth in the valley has eaten up the younger generation. Youth taking refuge in drugs is another reason for the increasing number of suicides in the Valley.
Guns, suicides and drugs are all interconnected. Pakistan has been instrumental in pushing Kashmir and Kashmiris towards destruction. The gun arrived in the Valley from the other side in the early nineties and it has become an integral part of the Kashmiri society.
During the past 30-years many parents have buried their children. The death of a child is the worst nightmare for the parents. It becomes more worse when a child is killed in an encounter or commits a suicide.
Every young death leaves behind a trail of questions and a deep sense of helplessness. Kashmiri society has failed to identify the crisis which has accumulated during all these years. If people of the Valley want their children to live in peace they need to tell them that violence is no solution. Getting killed in an encounter is equivalent to suicide.
Everyone including parents, teachers, clinicians, officers and politicians should be asking why and what they can do to prevent youth from choosing a wrong path. They have to ensure that the youngsters don’t fall prey to the nefarious designs of the people sitting across the Line of Control. Elders have to tell the youngsters that taking up arms won’t take them anywhere and they need to choose life over death.
Violence has a direct effect on livelihood. The prolonged violence has made Kashmiris poor. The economic condition of the people has worsened while inequality has increased as the vast majority of people have got poorer, deeper in debt and are unhappy. People of Kashmir need to sit back and introspect. They should ask themselves what Pakistan has given them. The time has proven beyond doubt that people sitting in Pakistan are not the well wishers of Kashmiris as it has used them as cannon fodder. People of Kashmir need to change. They can’t run after illusions anymore. Pakistan and the militants supported by it have given them only destruction. |
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