Who’s responsible for the current Kashmir Situation?

Kashmir is once again on the boil. Lot of innocent Kashmir blood has spilled on the streets of Kashmir. The anti-India sentiment is on the high once again. The recent strategic change of public protent from bullets to rock-pelting has gained momentum. The result is heart rending. More than a dozen budding youth have been killed in action. Curfew is imposed in almost whole of Kashmir and Army actuated to help the civil administration.
The situation is nothing new for Kashmir. Such incidents have recurred many a time in the recent years. Last year it was Swami Amarnath Shrine land row and the Shopian incident that incited a widespread anti-India protest. It seems that the separatist movement has become an organized industry that is helping many people both in Kashmir and outside. The socalled leaders of separatist movement have gained a lot out of it by becoming the most sought after leaders of Kashmir. The Government of India has made them VIPs by inviting them frequently for talks over the Kashmir issue and allowing their frequent visits to various countries including Pakistan and meeting important dignitaries there.
It’s no secret that our neighbouring country Pakistan is actively backing this whole mess which has now turned to be a fully organized anti India movement. Pakistan has fought three wars over Kashmir and has everytime failed to grab it by force. Now she is fighting a proxy war against India in Kashmir by creating terror and exploiting the religious sentiment of innocent Kashmiris. It started in early eighties when lots of Kashmir youth were forcibly taken accros LOC and pushed back after brainwashing and training them in the use of all sophisticated weapons. It was a part of a well thought over plan to take final cudgels with India. They worked under the orders of their masters from across the border. The first step was to cleanse Kashmir of all pro-Indian elements including Kashmir Pandits. The common Kashmiri was confused but no one could raise a voice for fear of gun. Those who ventured were instantly gunned down by calling ‘Mukhbirs’.
With the passage of time things improved and the masses in Kashmir began expressing themselves openly by taking part in elections and sending their representatives to the State Assembly and Indian Parliament. It was after a long time that the real sentiment of a common Kashmiri was expressed openly that the Kashmiri in his heart of hearts was not anti-Indian and he wanted peace and prosperity above all. Pakistan in general and the separatist leaders in particular seemed thus isolated and they sat down to devise newer plans and strategies to fan up the innocent sentiment of a Kashmiri. These hawks of politicos are always on a look out for a cause so that the common man is intigated to come out on roads to protest and shout slogans against India and keep the pot boiling for their ultimate personal benefit and not at all out of any sympathy for the masses.
This time they discovered a novel way of protest which would involve the maximum people in the protest against India and cost almost nothing ----- stone pelting with or without any reason. It had the desired effect. A group of youth go on pelting stones on a security post and in order to save themselves from injuries the men in uniform chase them away and if they resist more forcefully use Lathi-Charge, tear gas smoke or even firing if the situation so demands. Now in the case of a casualty it becomes a cause for more protest and lot of sentiment from the bereaved families and all cross section of people.
This’s what has been happening in the recent past that gave rise to the present volatile conditions in Kashmir. The vested interest comes out to blame India and its forces of brazen arrogance and sheer misuse of force. How far is it justified is for the readers to decide with an open and unbiased heart? The security forces do not enter the homes of people to harm them. They use force in their self defence. Their presence around the residential areas is necessitated just to maintain law and order in the circumatances and when they’re compelled to use force how are they expected to act as lambs of sacrifice for the stone pelters?