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It has happened a year since abrogation of #Article370 & Kashmir has been still under brutal lockdown. I wasn& #39;t in Jammu-Kashmir when article was revoked nd the day before Article 370 was revoked, on 4th Aug & #39;19, I recieved a call from my friend...1/n
It has happened a year since abrogation of #Article370 & Kashmir has been still under brutal lockdown. I wasn& #39;t in Jammu-Kashmir when article was revoked nd the day before Article 370 was revoked, on 4th Aug & #39;19, I recieved a call from my friend...1/n
..late after I returned from classes. He said,"Oo...Sun...There r some rumours that something is gonna going to happen & they may suspend internet services, so take care of urself & don& #39;t argue with any Indian, u know well what happend to Kashmiris after #PulwamaAttack.....2/n
..in India so keep quiet". I replied," Don& #39;t worry I& #39;m all okay".
Then, I called Ammi as usual after dinner & I asked her about rumours, she talked same about rumours & said Internet was snapped at 8pm & she made me a promise that if something will happen, you& #39;ll not indulge..3/n
Then, I called Ammi as usual after dinner & I asked her about rumours, she talked same about rumours & said Internet was snapped at 8pm & she made me a promise that if something will happen, you& #39;ll not indulge..3/n
..with any talk/debate with any person.Let them talk what they want but you& #39;ll remain quiet(Ammi tells this & #39;coz she knows I& #39;m agressive about Kashmir dispute).I replied,"Ammi, believe me I don& #39;t do anything wrong you know me well". So this was last talk with Ammi on 4thAug..4/n
I& #39;ve already come across some news. That time I didn& #39;t know how much sense does it maketo ask the tourists to leave the Kashmir & thousands of additional troops are deployed in and Govt. maintained suspicious silence. But I didn& #39;t know what is really going to happen. 5/n
The memories of the morning of 5th August& #39;19 was quite unusual which still haunts me. I woke up in the morning & I heard some hooting from the hostel hall. They are watching news & one of them said,"Article370 revoked, at first I really couldn& #39;t believe it, I opened my phone..6/n
....& to my surprise it was. My mind couldn& #39;t process anything, at that time I just wanted to get in contact with the family. I started calling out of panic, I was paranoid, my mind wasn& #39;t functioning. No one picked up my call, I felt alone, I felt helpless.7/n
I texted to one of my friend who was in Jammu that I couldn& #39;t get in contact with family. Soon she texted me with,"370 Khatam".She made me believe that everything will be okay after some days, don& #39;t worry. I was helpless, I couldn& #39;t do anything and I was about to cry. 8/n
Once I calmed down, I was in mess for lunch. I was busy with phone in searching something, one boy screamed,& #39;Kashmir ab Apna hogaya& #39;. Hearing this I couldn& #39;t control my anger and I told him loudly,"Chup kr,*****(sensitive words)". Everyone is looking at me & I leave then.9/n
It was something that I had never experienced before. I was juat thinking about my home, it was a literal mental torture. I can& #39;t think ofthe absolute mental torment the people that live outside Jammu-Kashmir. Then it happened more days & I wasn& #39;t in contact with family.10/n
I still remember it was Eid-ul-Adha on 11th August& #39;19, I was waiting for a call from home but I didn& #39;t get any. This continued for 22 long days & after that finally I was able to hear the voice of Ammi and it made me felt some relief. 11/n
I remember the strees, anxiety & helplessness. Everything they said were lies and deceptions. We shall never forget and we shall fight the regimes settler colonialism devious scheme tooth and nail. I was from Kishtwar so I didn& #39;t suffer that much but....12/n
...there were Kashmiris in many parts of India who couldn& #39;t contact their home. And, when mobile services were restored after 7 months, many Kashmiris came to know that someone in their family is either detained or get martyred. 13/n
There are lot communal things that happened with me but I"ll not bore you with that. I just came to know of f**king mentality of Indians & experienced a lot.
I just wanna say,
"We laughed, We cried,
We aren& #39;t victims, we are survivors". 14/n
I just wanna say,
"We laughed, We cried,
We aren& #39;t victims, we are survivors". 14/n
Those Indians who made me believe that there"ll be development after 370 removal, I just want to tell them," We suffered a year long 4G ban, domicile for non-kashmiris, more military settlements, abolition of martyrs day(erasure of history), influx of non-local settlers. 15/n
On anniversary of revoking of Article370, Modi last year insulted Kashmiris on #5thAugust and today Modi insulted Indian muslims. I want to tell him, you can demolish a mosque but you can& #39;t demolish our faith. 16/n
I want to tell lot of thing but then I& #39;m scared. You know freedom of speech in democratic country.
I just wanna end this thread by poetic lines of Rahat Indori,
"Insaaf Zaalimon ki himayat mai jaaye ga,
Yehi haal raha tou adaalat kon jaaye ga". 17/n
I just wanna end this thread by poetic lines of Rahat Indori,
"Insaaf Zaalimon ki himayat mai jaaye ga,
Yehi haal raha tou adaalat kon jaaye ga". 17/n
