Spirit of a Crumbling City

So, this week, national media and most of India woke up to a heinous crime in a city near my otherwise insignificant home town. Thanks to a strong narrative my entire insignificant city is finally portrayed as rape apologists and majoritarian hate mongers. A city that uses Indian Flags and Bharat Mata ki Jai slogans in every protest deserves this condemnation. They neither know how to protest nor they know how to raise demands. Well.. If a minority who gets killed, attacked, raped and thrown out of their home for the fault of existing in the state is being labeled for majoritarian hate crime in the same state, then they deserve all this condemnation and I'm with all media houses and activists of my nation who doesn’t let these poor English speakers put forward their point of view. Well.. If you can’t speak English, you people deserve to be persecuted.

But good news is that conscious of my nation is still alive.

Cries and Rape of 8 year old couldn’t wake up this conscious in the month of January.

Multiple transfers of SIT teams till they get tainted Irfan Wani who is accused of rape and murder of her brother in custody, couldn’t wake up the conscious of my nation that 8 year old might be lost in regional political theater.

It was a perfect opportunity for the lobby to arrest demonic culprits along with spirit of a city who stand up with national flags every single time. So, they used it and forced exodus of families out of fear of persecution from Rasana village. This once again was not enough and couldn’t wake up the conscious of my nation.

Finally people who have already seen this religious persecution plan multiple times in last 2-3 decades dared to be skeptical. Their skepticism fueled fire with govt. order that illegally occupied land by Rohingyas or other tribals can’t be claimed back. Idiots of the city tried to protest for the fact that Indians can’t take land legally but outsiders and potential terrorists can claim land legally. They once again try to see this entire scheme of things from the prism of trust deficit that has been built over last 3 decades of persecution. And finally, their biggest mistake, they protested for removal of Rohingyas, taking back govt. land order and CBI enquiry of 8 year old child murder to ensure that this case won’t be used for their persecution. It finally woke up the conscious of my nation. And demonic activity of child rape and murder, ritualistic killing and entire list of heart wrenching crimes of few barbaric animals are painted over them because these animals had religion, city and other identities.

Till now people of insignificant city believed in democracy, nationalism and plurality of society. Even in communally tense situations of J&K in last three decades, there was not a single violent activity between Dogra and Gujjar-Bakerwal community. They have been living there with peace and harmony. Now, finally, entire nation told them they are majoritarian hate mongers who are rape apologists and persecute their persecutors. People of insignificant city stopped Pakistan army alone for 14 days in 1947, bear border shelling on daily basis, get discriminated on the basis of city they live and religion they practice, still hold national flag after decades of insurgency and other disturbances but they don’t have right to protest for fair enquiry in a death of 8 year old child.

Finally, media houses and nation has shown them their place and now they should never demand justice again. Though in last 3 months, one more kid is raped inside a religious place in that insignificant city but their identities didn’t suit narrative of larger lobbies and rightly so there was no outrage or demand for justice.

Now, where do the people of this insignificant city go from here? Will they follow the same fate of Kashmir and other exodus in last three decades? Answer came from a live TV debate I saw yesterday on News18 (Bhaiya Ji Kahin Program). Debate was in Udhampur (one more town near this insignificant city) about this rape. Idiots were still demanding CBI enquiry. And one activist, from other side, shouted and insulted “Bharat Mata” with a slogan to rub died spirit of a cornered nation. Entire place erupted and News18 has to stop the program and police has to make way for that activist out of that place. One thing was very clear to me from that incident that when state planned exodus and terrorism will force them to run, these idiots won’t run without a fight. I, a part of that insignificant town, just pray that city doesn’t lose their spirit because of political and media cacophony. They don’t know guilt-ridden nation gives highest TRP on religious narratives. TRP sellers don’t care whether the victim is 8 yr old child or the spirit of a city.