I still remember, when I was in class 5 one of my teachers narrated her trip to Leh-Ladakh. Till now, I remember her words loud and clear:
"Children! though Ladakh is a part of India and offers fantastic tea, for some reason the locals don't recognize themselves as Indians. As per them they have a country of their own and are proud of the fact that "their" tea is amazing and nowhere close to the "Indian" tea."
But then I wasn't sure why they said so, as for me being an Indian was (and is) a matter of huge pride.
It was much later that I understood that those poor people were still suffering from Nehru-Jinah's divide and rule policy. It was because of these two selfish individuals, the region is never be able to fully integrate with rest of the country.
Today we know Kashmir as a major breeding grounds of terror, always on red alert, undeveloped and aloof from the rest of India. Prosperity is something that nobody talks about in the region - a region, blessed with the huge amount of natural resources.
Thanks to the article 370, opportunistic countries like Pakistan continues to dream about occupying Kashmir and spreading terror in the region.
Thankfully! sooner than later, the present government took a bold decision to undo the error made 70 years ago by scrapping the draconian article 370.
It was necessary as rightly pointed out by Mr. Mukherji -
"Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan aur do Nishan nahi chalenge"
Congratulations to the people of Jammu and Kashmir on their full integration with the country. May the region starts blooming, developing and prospering soon, like the rest of India.
वासुदेवा कटंबकुम! 🙏
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