This refers to Tufail’s killing. Statistics! That is what people of Kashmir have become. Irony of the fate is that killings have failed to awaken our conscience. We continue to ignore the reality of being in this beautiful prison, waiting to be sent to gallows one day, waiting for our leaders to lead us to freedom. We are in need of those leaders who don’t regard themselves more important than the cause, who are ready to forget their personal differences and unite as one organization for the sake of greater cause. Our government   boasts of their achievements of developing big shopping malls or cinema halls, multiplexes, hotels, parks and gardens for boosting tourist infrastructure to signify the progress in Kashmir. But they have given unbridled powers to forces to kill Kashmiris.
The opposition is playing plain politics. It’s doing its job: to oppose every move that the government takes. Tufail Ahmad, a student of 12th class was killed because he had committed a big crime of being born in Kashmir. Being a student he would have aspired to achieve something good for himself and his family. But all those dreams stand shattered. It’s time for leaders to introspect. It’s time for them to act and lead us. Or else, perish. It’s time for us to look for a leader who calls spade a spade without beating about the bush.
Hanan Majeed
aamir_freaks@yahoo.co.in

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