Just came across a clip from a school somewhere in Kashmir. Independence Day celebrations held for or by the Waqf Board.
I have a question. Isn’t waqf board a religious body entrusted with serving the Muslim Community. and ideally doing so while uplholding Islamic Values?
Then there is something almost comical about this institution: an organisation built around a religious and communal purpose, yet sitting so comfortably through something you would expect a religious institution to at least question.
It lends its name to celebrations that reduce our children to stage props and performers.
Why is the default way of involving children — and particularly girls — in public celebrations to make them dance to irrelevant songs? Why aren’t our institutions giving them something to think about, create, learn, discuss, build or contribute?
Especially in a place like Kashmir. Which has had a remarkable legacy of people who understood education as a means to enlighten minds, cultivate character and equip people with knowledge and spirituality.
What about the intellectual and cultural legacy of wonderful scholars of the past.
So if it’s an institution whose very existence is tied to religious purpose, you are taksed with deeper work of strengthening the communities spiritually morally, intellectually.
And to be clear: the point is not the children. Children are often simply made to participate in whatever schools and institutions put before them.
Perhaps that is the real tragedy here.
The question is what an institution chooses to facilitate, endorse and place under its own banner.
A cultural programme at #Aligarh Muslim University turned into an evening of laughter and applause after an #African#student, Ayuba, delivered an entertaining speech in #Hindi, leaving the audience thoroughly impressed.
More details 🔗https://t.co/5AaJprzD4g
Whenever a system values categories more than merit, it stops being justice and becomes an illusion of balance often at the cost of hardworking open merit students.
The #JKAS2024 selection list is not just a discrepancy—it smells like a deep-rooted RECRUITMENT MAFIA at work!
🚨 How is it possible that candidates like Navritu Sharma (Rank 88), Umesh Deval (Rank 76), and Shivali Sharma (Rank 64)—who were selected in Open Merit for JKPSI/FAA in 2022 and have been drawing 80k+ monthly salaries—suddenly qualified under EWS?
If they were 'Open Merit' when jobless, how did they become 'Economically Weaker' after 3 years of Gazetted/Government service? This is a brazen theft of the "Haqq" of the poor!
🛑 Reports of candidates like Nanita Sharma (Rank 71) getting EWS despite a father in the Revenue Dept with 1 lac+ salary are sickening. Is the Revenue Dept issuing certificates to their own kin to steal from the needy?
I am demanding a MASSIVE AUDIT of all EWS and Category certificates of the 90 selectees. I am filing a series of RTIs tonight to gain access to all similar selection data from 2019 onwards. The @OfficeOfLGJandK must order an independent judicial inquiry immediately. Those who issued these fake certificates and the officials who accepted them must be behind bars. NO ONE WILL BE SPARED. ⚖️🔥
Evidence: https://t.co/vTalq1Dml9
@PMOIndia@HMOIndia@AmitShah@JmuKmrPolice@OfficeOfLGJandK@manojsinha @JKPSCOfficial @CBIHeadquarters
@JKACB_ @KashmirPolice@CM_JnK@revenuejnk @ddpsrinagar @diprjk@JKSamadhan
#JKASScam #EWSFraud #JusticeForAspirants #Kashmir #Jammu #RecruitmentMafia
If the CM of a Union territory can’t take this anymore, then what should the powerless people say; except that power has been wasted and they’re left on their own.
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In the midst of conflict, let us remind you that we are not mere numbers on opposite sides, but humans bound by experiences of loss and suffering. Let us halt this war for the sake of those who have already lost everything!
#IndiaPakistanWar#SaveKashmir
If the situation we are hearing is true, then we must remember that in the grim arena of war, we end up with lifeless bodies; whether they be Hindi, Muslim, Sikh, animals etc. Please don't see it as a cricket match where the result is a shiny trophy at the end.
#IndiaPakistanWar
The storm may rage on, the clouds may not clear,
But I'll stand firm and tall, with nothing to fear.
For my conscience is clear, my spirit is strong,
And in the end, the truth will prevail, where it belongs.
#PahalgamTerroristAttack#Kashmir
Paradise Lost Again!
( am Kashmir! I serve kashmiriyat)
The fingers point, the voices rise
Blaming me for their own demise.
I stand accused, my name defamed
For actions I never even claimed.
Why do they refuse to see the real truth?
Is it easier to blame than face the proof?
I plead and I reason, but they will not hear
Consumed by their anger, their judgment so severe.
Yet, I will not falter, I will not give in
For I know in my heart, I'm free from this sin.
I vehemently denounce the barbaric and inhumane action of beasts who have callously taken the lives of innocent beings. Such heinous acts are unconscionable and stand in stark contrast to the values of compassion and humanity that we should strive to uphold.
#PahalgamTerrorAttack
I am deeply pained and strongly condemn the authorities decision to once again deny the Muslims of Kashmir the basic right to offer Eid prayers at Eidgah and Jama Masjid which have been closed down and I have been detained at home
Even at the peak of miltancy during 1990’s Eid prayers were offered at Eidgah , so now when huge claims of “normalcy “ are made everyday by the authorities , why are Muslims being kept away from their religious places and practices? What is the agenda ? Is the collective identify of Kashmiri Muslims a threat to the rulers ?
Eidgah and Jama Masjid belong to the people. Barring them from these sacred spaces even on Eid reflects an oppressive and authoritarian approach that prevails in Kashmir today.
@iamjibrandar@OmarAbdullah@JKNC_ Brother! Your compelling and well articulated views on this issue is truly inspiring and I greatly appreciate the depth of your analysis. 👏