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Essay on jammu and kashmir current situation 2017

Answer 1

 religion in Kashmir. The Sufi-Islamic way of life that ordinary Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the rishi tradition of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), leading to a syncretic culture where Hindus and Muslims revered the same local saints and prayed at the same shrines. 
             Periodically however, there have been rulers and leaders who have had a narrow view of Islam, and have subjected Hindu minorities to great cruelties and discrimination. The current armed secessionist movement in Kashmir mostly derives its inspiration from these people. 
             A canard is now being spread past few years by the secessionist-terrorists and their sympathizers that in 1990 Kashmiri Pandits left Kashmir willingly, having been "tricked" by then Jammu and Kashmir.. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The fact is that Kashmiri Pandits were driven from their homeland after a campaign of intimidation and harassment was launched against them by the military-wing of the secessionists. Kashmiri Pandits were forced from their hearths and homes at the point of gun. The objective of this ethnic cleansing was to create a minority free Kashmir valley where the goal of Islamization could be easily forced on the ordinary people. The books and articles below will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the genesis of the current political situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
             The religious philosophy of Kashmiri Hindus is rooted in Kashmiri Shaivism, a school of Shiva philosophy that originated near Kailasha in Himalayas around 400 AD.

Answer 2

Last year, a member of Parliament (T. H. Karra) resigned to protest the killing of civilians during a security breakdown. So, By-polls were scheduled in the first week of April, 2017 for the vacant seat. Local pro-freedom leaders had called for a boycott of the election.

On the election day, thousands of protestors charged into election booths, pelting stones and petrol bombs and setting ablaze government vehicles. Responding to the violence, security forces opened fire that may have killed around 8 of them.

One dozen polling stations were shut down and the turnout was a mearge 6.5%. Karra resigned quoting the atrocities on the public as the reason and the By-polls made it worse.

Sadly, Killings are a mundane affair in J&K.

The same Kashmir gave a figure of 63% turnout in 2008. Kashmiris had become optimistic about the political process then.