Oh! These intellectual saviors...

What if they had not

been around?
Yasin Maliks comment on columnists fnds A speck in
somebodys beard.
By: M H ALTAF
Yasin Maliks recent comment on valleys columnists got a lighting
fash response from two of our highly rated intellectuals... That
too on the same day was e!pecting a response "ut not such a
similar one from ideologies poles apart to each other. #ne who
always writes against resistance and in support of ndia and
another who writes in support of $akistan and tries to portray a
certain leader as a sole leader% &esponse was inevita"le "ut the
timing and the identical voca"ulary "y two di'erent minds
surprised me. am not concerned a"out the ndian perspective
"ecause e!pect anything from it and hence that deserves no
reply( "ut instead what persisted on my mind were comments
from the columnist who is reckoned to "e a pro)resistance writer.
*hile re"utting Yasin Malik openly e!pressed his heart out
against such an ideology. ronically the so called +great columnist
"ut inspite of his a"sentia from the seminar and without even
knowing the conte!t of Yasin Maliks speech attri"uted many
things to him. ,eemingly the columnist seems upset "ecause
Yasin Malik posed some "itter -uestions which might have left his
mind in a state of convulsion. Yasin Malik rarely minces his words
while deli"erating on issues related to his nation. .e doesnt
a"sor" shot term +"ene/ts of dou"le standards and dual meaning
words. .e should have "een enough knowledgea"le to act like
these great thinkers who in 0112 supported Mirwai3) 4dvani talks
and from 0115 onwards left no stone unturned in making us
"elieve that 4r6un of Maha"arta lives among us and we all should
follow him. The art of *orshipping the rising sun.. 7iven the fact
that Yasin Malik and his "rigade started the resistance movement
inspite of knowing that it is as fearful as playing with the
+whiskers of a ferocious tiger 8+the gun culture +as put "y the
+daring writer9 that eventually closed the chapter of election
politics in :ashmir. This is also true that Yasin Malik+s movement
in ;<<1 was proved to "e a wakeup call which woke up kashmiris
from their deep hi"ernation and this watered many mouths and
they too 6umped to catch hold of the ferocious tiger though they
/rst started getting rid of their predecessors and the "rigade that
started the resistance had to face two guns at the same time.
*ithout a shadow of the dou"t Yasin Malik and his associates
converted their swords into ploughshares much to the distress
and discomfort of those who wanted to see them eliminated. t is
also true that they while fip fopping from taking to arms and
laying them down they did not seek permission from +all knowing
columnists "ecause on "oth the occasions these intellectuals
where either missing or en6oying government 6o"s or advisers to
the camp that imagined wiping o' =:>? "efore ndia as a no"le
6o" . @ow we are "eing told that the resistance against ndia has
not "een safeguarded "y resistance leaders "ut "y these +fearless
pen soldiers. *hat an intellectual u)turn is this the martyrs from
Ma-"ool Ahat to recently martyred Mudasir have wasted their
lives.These so called think tanks are pressing hard to make
people "elieve that these sacri/ces in which huge amount of
"lood was spilit was nothing as compared to few drops of their
ink.isnt it ama3ing that Yasin Malik and other resistance leaders
who faced interrogation centers and thousands of those young
"oys who sacri/ced their future and everything would have
"etrayed the nation and lost their way( if these stalwarts of
words would not have "een there. *e( who have gone through
6ails( tortures( who always have "ad dreams of "eing tortured(
killed( e!iled or arrested are "eing told that it is not our e'orts "ut
some ink dirtied hands at "ay from cele"rating victory over
kashmiris. Yasin Malik should have understood the power of these
+stalwarts when he travelled through thousands of villages and
towns in 011B(the year "efore these great thinkers started a
peoples revolution. >eaders .we are told do funny things. They
are feeling e!hausted and fatigued. #h great. These pen pecked
people sitting in their drawing rooms( en6oying lu!uries can feel
the fatigue of leaders with operated hearts( kidneys and heads so
easily. They are +gods of our times. They know everything( even
the inner of the hearts and minds of leaders. This is "ecause of
these +godly a"ilities( wisdom and courage that these
+intellectuals have self styled themselves into 6udges who can
6udge leaders and their worth. #ur +worthy columnist also
e!posed the leaders faws. .e resem"les their acts with ,hiv
,ainiks. .e also provides us the e!ample of some editor who was
manhandled "ecause he portrayed the other side of a leader. .ow
ama3ingC The great writer is telling us that leaders should "ear
every true and false write)ups even the yellow 6ournalism. want
to ask this great warrior of our times that if it is your write)ups
that have kept the resistance alive why is ndia after ,yed 4li shah
7eelani( Yasin Malik etc. ndia to cele"rate its victory has 6ust one
mode to follow .put a halt on your thinking a"ilities( "reak your
pen and it is all overso simpleand you want us to "elieve that
this nation lost nothing when $rof wani( Doctor 7uru and =alil
ndra"i were killed. You must know that there is no comparison
"etween you and those greats. They sacri/ced their carriers and
em"raced martyrdom. They were not spared like you despite all
your heroics. *hy% totally agree that intellectuals are the cream
of a society. t is Yasin Malik who right from the start of the
struggle in ;<<1( not only encouraged "ut invited intellectuals to
the resistance movement and when am compelled to reply
some"odys accusations please dont take me wrong. am aware
of the role of thinkers and writers for the society and in no way
am underestimating the role of the ink they spread over white
papers "ut in return they will also have to respect the "lood
spilled "y me to nourish the common cause. 4s put "y @oam
Ehomsky FThe intellectual world is deeply conformist. *hat this nation
needs is no conformists "ut some nonGconformists who like $rofessor *ani
would die "ut not compromise on principles.
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