Rediff News on Fake Encounters
Hindustan Times on Fake Encounters(Sorry, the link doesn’t work anymore)
Tribune India on Fake Encounters
Now it has been few months since i thought i would write a small post on Fake Encounters and Missing People. But I just cant put my words together. I cant even get into the psyche of a person who has a brother, or a son or a father missing. They are not even sure if they are dead for they would like to perform the last rites, nor are they sure if they are alive for they would like to look forward to a reunion. I dont know how it is for them. I wonder, how do they start the day. Is it just another day or is it just another painful day. A reality that is not there, a certainity of nothing, and a loss which they are not sure about. Should they wail at the death of the dear one or should they wait for him to return. They did return for some, in the form of coffins. Atleast, these fortunate unfortunates were able to see how the life ended. Yes, i am talking of those fake killings which came into fore lately. Well, it was few months back… Have we forgotten that…
The indian media for the first time was perplexed as to what should they say to the people. A truth, which they are having hard time to digest or another mixed story… It is hard to believe for the majority in india that the soldier of the movie LOC, could do something of that kind. For that matters soldiers of all the movies which they see on television and cinema. But then, the real soldier is also a human. And a human can be both good or bad… There are bad people in paramilitary forces, and this fact is hard to digest for the people in india.
I did not intend to write this long a piece. But then i could not stop my thoughts and my fingers wouldn’t stop until i reached this word. I hope the reality of life in kashmir comes in front of the world. The sooner it does, the sooner we will be out of this misery.
God bless those families who have one or the other missing. May god give them patience, to bear the loss which they are not sure of.
