By: SHAFKAT AZIZ HAJAM
Beauty is a source of joy or we can confidently say that beauty is itself a joy .Anything that lures one toward itself means it is beautiful and it certainly has beauty .So it’s beautiful and so it enchants. I’ll quote here John Keats “ A thing of beauty is a joy for ever , meaning it always brings the feelings of contentment to its beholders.
Though my this short piece of writing will likely attract criticism of scholars, literary critics or litteratures, my perception is amazingly different. Any captivating entity or spot hardly overcomes terror , it’s wrapped in, to lure the beholders. Terror keeps its laudatory from it. .Even if one’s mind is filled with irrational terror, can’t be enchanted by the beauty of what one beholds. So my perception is that a beauty itself needs to be in a peaceful atmosphere and the minds shouldn’t be overcome with fear or terror, then beauty is beautiful, I mean, ,does its work.
Kashmir is famed world wide for its natural enchantment. Alluringly lofty blue mountains, astoundingly highest snowy peaks, the heart-warming lush green meadows, amazingly thick forests , the vast green plains , soothingly cool water streams , and enchantingly long and wide rivers, astonishingly large lakes and alluring Mughal gardens . But alas ! The allurement seems to have declined since the entry of unending terror. The laudatory of kashmir from every corner of the world has stopped experiencing its beauty since they came to know about the continuous regime of terrorism over it which has resulted in its devastating decline in economy, alarming increase in unemployment then obviously depression.It automatically and alarmingly has given rise to the youths’ crimes , unexpected violences and conflicts that thwart the country from peace , progress and prosperity.
The question is that whom to blame for this ravaging terrorism in Kashmir? Isn’t it Indian Government failure against the eradication of terrorizing elements? Pakistan is on the list of accusation for the spread of terrorism in Kashmir. To my astonishment, the borders of our country as well as UT are bordered by the infinite number of troops armed with highly advanced weapons and the detectors of enemy . Then how terrorists’ entry becomes possible. It seems to be either corruption or some enigmatic policy of the govt . If it’s government’s dishonest policy to grind its own axe by befooling us , then there’s no cure for the terrorism. It’ll continue. If it’s the troops’ corruption on our borders, the govt. must take immediate action against it with the help of its honest vigilance Department. If it’s any amongst us , who trains them ? Under whose guidance they grow as terrorists? Why India’ s cautious regime is unable to detect them before something unbearably dreadful occurs?
How long will we suffer at the hand of this terrorism? How long will we have to endure it ? We youth , the mainstay of our families are being brutalized, we are put into the state of lunacy and our peace ( mental beauty) on which our and our nation’s prosperity, progress Wholly depends, is totally devastated. It’s the time our govt must take careful steps but with zero tolerance to annihilate the terrorism from our valley to restore tranquility that we experienced some sixty years before or the same blood shedding will continue. The noisy and aggressive debates on TV. Channels will result into nothing fruitful unless the loudly and angrily said words come into force .
—The writer is a poet, reviewer and co-author
