And guess who had papaji today at his residence last night. Kashmiri dish again served and this time the guest of honour were Abdullah's -- the father-son duo -- Farooq and Omar. After all the Centre had to open its eyes and believe that Old is Gold and New are Few. With Sayeed's (Hey! talking about Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba) again trying play politics over the Kashmir issue and present land row on Amarnath, poor Pranab had to virtually ask him to shut up...It was time to look for dependable...One may feel that National Conference has again tried to steal the limelight but one needs to carryout a self-introspection whether this party had anything else to do other than thinking not only of people of Kashmir but also of Jammu. A move which comes at a time when UPA's own Congress party in Jammu is shitting in their pants whereas its estranged ally PDP is trying hard to find some face saver to cross Jawahar Tunnel. What the unholy alliance in the state did from April to Jul
y did, is being undone none other than National Conference. Today when Leela Karan Sharma, who like a parrot had been narrating anti-Omar rhetoric, signed the agreement with the state government, he will have all the reasons to feel ashamed. Now when the dust is settling down, one needs to find why did this fire erupt at the first place. While my study of last 50 days, I found Omar's trust vote speech at Lok Sabha, which not only made national but also international headlines, was also trumpeted by Samiti people as a reason. So an advise to all those, please go back and read what he spoke on the floor of lower house of Parliament. Oh God! This post seems to be written by someone who is Omar's fan and I do not wish to be remotely associated with him. After all I hate politics but wonder whether he is politician. At this point my memory goes back 10 years when this 28-year-old Abdullah sibling was sitting in his easy chair as I climbed the stairs of his house located at Gupkar road. After all I was also three years old in journalism and he, hmmm...well two days old in politics after he had been elected to Lok Sabha from Srinagar. And this lad was talking about computers and other modern electronic gadgets, I wondered whether he will be able to translate his actions into words. Encounters, near encounters, have been taking place with the Young Abdullah, whose eyes have a dream of making the state of Jammu and Kashmir actually modern, where investors could come and set up their business, where latest technology would have been the order of the day, where....uff! the wish list of this Abdullah dynasty torch-bearer was long. To me he sounded less like a politician and more as a human. When his nose turned red in 2002 elections, I found him growing more mature. A terrible loss for the party that too at a time when he had been made the President of National Conference. "We lost the election but not the enthusiasm to fight back and come to power," he said and avoided from poaching MLAs from other parties. He also did not lock up himself after the defeat as is the general trend among politicians. (A secret: Mufti Saheb and his daughter have locked themselves up in Shahjahan Road after they were snubbed by the central leaders). As somebody has said (never mind, if no one has said, I am saying) A person who looses sportingly, can enjoy the victory. So may be Kashmir may see a new era through modern eye. Amen
y did, is being undone none other than National Conference. Today when Leela Karan Sharma, who like a parrot had been narrating anti-Omar rhetoric, signed the agreement with the state government, he will have all the reasons to feel ashamed. Now when the dust is settling down, one needs to find why did this fire erupt at the first place. While my study of last 50 days, I found Omar's trust vote speech at Lok Sabha, which not only made national but also international headlines, was also trumpeted by Samiti people as a reason. So an advise to all those, please go back and read what he spoke on the floor of lower house of Parliament. Oh God! This post seems to be written by someone who is Omar's fan and I do not wish to be remotely associated with him. After all I hate politics but wonder whether he is politician. At this point my memory goes back 10 years when this 28-year-old Abdullah sibling was sitting in his easy chair as I climbed the stairs of his house located at Gupkar road. After all I was also three years old in journalism and he, hmmm...well two days old in politics after he had been elected to Lok Sabha from Srinagar. And this lad was talking about computers and other modern electronic gadgets, I wondered whether he will be able to translate his actions into words. Encounters, near encounters, have been taking place with the Young Abdullah, whose eyes have a dream of making the state of Jammu and Kashmir actually modern, where investors could come and set up their business, where latest technology would have been the order of the day, where....uff! the wish list of this Abdullah dynasty torch-bearer was long. To me he sounded less like a politician and more as a human. When his nose turned red in 2002 elections, I found him growing more mature. A terrible loss for the party that too at a time when he had been made the President of National Conference. "We lost the election but not the enthusiasm to fight back and come to power," he said and avoided from poaching MLAs from other parties. He also did not lock up himself after the defeat as is the general trend among politicians. (A secret: Mufti Saheb and his daughter have locked themselves up in Shahjahan Road after they were snubbed by the central leaders). As somebody has said (never mind, if no one has said, I am saying) A person who looses sportingly, can enjoy the victory. So may be Kashmir may see a new era through modern eye. Amen
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