FALSE PATRIOTISM

In the midst of all the sound and fury swallowing the Kashmir valley one thing I have learned is that there is nothing as powerful or quite as loud as ignorance on cruise control. If knowledge is power, then knowledge better start making some damned noise in the corridors of our “so called” leaders and quick because right now selfish killers and false patriots are running the asylum........

The already disputed land is again attracting seditious statements. It’s none other than “the Arundhati Roy” who with her anti national thoughts has evoked the “Indians”.

Our government - if it upholds our constitutional principles - must strike a tough balance between prosecuting seditious acts and protecting our right of speech.

The free speech does not however permit any one - howsoever recognized thinker, writer, politician or billionaire- to fuel flames of discord and hatred in the society. When such high class authorities make inane clichés it does affect the patriotic feelings.

Being a true Indian I am also hurt by the boisterous comments made by Roy but my question is to the mass…… why do we feel patriotic when our national status is in the witness box. Before the statement was made, Kashmir was our breakfast meal, held on the dining table murmured in mouth, discussed on TV and left.

But now Kashmir involves patriotism…………..

We live in an abeyance mood. Following each other, every statement as our status symbol and this includes our national pride….ohhh my neighbor is feeling patriotic, where the hell my patriotism is? If Congress is commenting on Arundhati Roy then why is BJP left?

I am not defending Roy’s speech, she is liable to be punished...The gory Kashmir is not a cakewalk, madam. The vexed Kashmiris need solution, not speeches, debates and “false patriotism”.

If we take out time to stop and think, then some of us might be a little disappointed on how we choose our nation's patriot.

And here we are, watching the clown show off false patriotism, brought to us by those who know not what they fear or how much they fear unless given specific instructions.


Kashmiri heart beats for India and staunchly stands for India.




NMV