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

[SJabbar]

But Gowhar, what happens when a man who hitherto abhors an institution joins
it? What happens to that extreme emotion when the line is crossed, when the
uniform is donned, when the 'danda' drops firmly into his hands?
By your logic all those who joined the force post-1990 once abhorred the
institution and now have become the oppressors.  And those who pelt stones
at the oppressors now want to join the same hated institution only to become
future oppressors?  Not one, not two but 60,000 young men?  You may
understand this, but I have to tell you, it's left me totally perplexed.


On 07/09/10 1:58 PM, "gowhar fazli" <gowharfazili at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> 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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