[Reader-list] Fw: Re: Why Kashmir defies solutions

[gowhar fazli]

> I don't like the heading "Why Kashmir
> defies solutions".
> 
> It is in these moments that the real desperation and loss
> of self of Kashmiris as a people becomes evident. For
> livelihood they have to stoop before the same institutions
> that torment them or that they abhor for obvious reasons.
> This contradiction that runs through their very selves,
> prevents people from acquiring a full blown human-hood. 
> 
> There should be no guilt or indignity associated with
> acquiring of livelihood through legitimate means, but this
> is the case one way or the other, for most people in
> Kashmir. The boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate
> are dizzyingly fuzzy because of the manner in which the
> selves are split.
> 
> If not for any other but for the indignities involved in
> the status quo that Kashmir issue should be resolved for
> good.
> 
> --- On Tue, 9/7/10, SJabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: SJabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] Why Kashmir defies solutions
> > To: "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 10:19 AM
> > Printed from
> > 
> > Khaki enemy? 60,000 Kashmiris apply for 3,000 police
> jobs
> > M Saleem Pandit, TNN, Sep 7, 2010, 01.30am IST
> > SRINAGAR: Despite reports of desertions in its ranks
> and
> > threats of social
> > boycott, J&K police has emerged as a big draw for
> young
> > job hunters in
> > employment-starved Kashmir. Ignoring calls by
> hardliners to
> > shun the khaki
> > force, nearly 60,000 men applied for less than 3,000
> jobs
> > in J&K police --
> > about 200 applicants for one constable's post.
> > 
> > The applications piled up over the last few months,
> about
> > the time when the
> > situation in the Valley appeared to be spinning out
> of
> > control with the cops
> > particularly being at the receiving end of public
> wrath.
> > 
> > J&K police DG Kuldeep Khoda said the department
> has
> > received 58,975
> > applications, against 2,786 vacancies across the
> Valley.
> > "The response from
> > (the worst-hit) Srinagar and Budgam districts was even
> more
> > heartening," he
> > said. "We've received 2,860 applications, against 529
> posts
> > in Srinagar
> > district, while 8053 against 283 in Budgam," he said.
> > 
> > Lack of jobs has been a big spur for the protests
> that
> > brought thousands of
> > young educated men on to the streets. Official
> estimates of
> > the number of
> > unemployed in the Valley stands at 3 lakhs.
> > 
> > Khoda told reporters the department held a
> recruitment
> > rally in Baramulla
> > district in July and was overwhelmed with the
> response.
> > "Over 8,000 people
> > turned up for 412 posts despite turmoil in the
> district,"
> > he said, and added
> > that even stone-pelters attended the rally. He said
> the
> > department was
> > mulling more on-the-spot recruitment drives across
> the
> > Valley, particularly
> > in Srinagar's downtown area to end the unrest.
> > 
> > The top cop rubbished reports on desertions and
> > insubordination. He claimed
> > no police personnel had quit since mid-June when
> Kashmir
> > erupted in anger
> > against the alleged staged encounter of three north
> Kashmir
> > youth and a
> > 17-year-old boy's killing in police action. Over 60
> people,
> > including women
> > and children, have died in police firing on
> protesters
> > since then.
> > 
> > State government sources said J&K CM Omar
> Abdullah, who
> > has called for a
> > proactive approach including the phased revocation of
> the
> > controversial
> > Armed Forces Special Forces Act to deal with street
> > protests, has ordered
> > creation of more police jobs to induct youth from the
> > troubled areas.
> > 
> > Meanwhile, in its ongoing drive to reach out to the
> people,
> > Kashmir range
> > IGP Kashmir, S M Sahai, attended police-public
> meetings in
> > Ganderbal and
> > Budgam districts. "At Ganderbal District Police
> Lines,
> > around 300 people
> > including senior citizens and sarpanchs participated,"
> a
> > police spokesman
> > said. "Sahai assured the people that police will
> adopt
> > maximum restraint
> > while dealing with law and order situations."
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