Maharashtra needs Article 370
Maharashtrians, particularly based
in Mumbai, too are “deeply vulnerable about their identity and insecure about
the future” and therefore need Article 370 and other charming safeguards. The
elites for their competing reasons use nuanced arguments to further their agenda,
it comes coated with egalitarian worldview. They created the boundaries as they
felt right and now come with nonsense arguments which may seem protecting
rights but are insidious in its intent. They encourage fundamentalism in the
name of secularism and in effect position themselves as liberal. Liberalism is then
extended to extreme form of hedonism. Consumption of elites therefore becomes
standpoint of egalitarianism. This is precisely what is happening in Kashmir. As
they party swanking their liberal concerns, the mullah strengthen their hold. The
common people get trapped in this competing force, the spiraling violence are security force actions. This is a familiar pattern.
Article 370 is a dustbin case and
it most definitely violates the basic structure of the constitution, it is an
affront on democratic values and civilized norms. People of this country don’t want
to live in history nor do they want to relive in the past follies of self
serving elites. If my rights as a citizen of the country are violated in Kashmir
then that is where the argument ends. I have no interest in any historic muck. Further
I believe in integrating with humanity while keeping one’s positive part of identity
alive. If Kashmiriyath has to be safeguarded so will be the compelling argument
of Maharashtriyath. Kashmiriyath has neither precedence nor anything unique
that Maharashtriyath doesn’t offer. Indeed that is true for any part of the
country. The continuation of Article 370 even after so many decades after independence
is an anachronism that must be addressed. If Kashmir needs Article 370 so does
Maharashtra, all the arguments are equally valid. Myth making cannot substitute
this reality and as far as Indian people are concerned this is the root of
Kashmir problem. Nothing nuanced can undermine misery that it spreads.
