Nerve Endings Firing Away

Now there is statistical proof that Kashmir is indeed the most dangerous place on Earth. Winds of Change present statistics that puts India on the top — for almost 46% of terrorism incidents in the world. Considering that Iraq is still festering insurgency incidents daily and Israel & Palestine aren’t making much of their so-called truce, the statistics are insightful in ways that drastically alter the world’s view of terrorism hot spots. Of course, statistics can lie and me postulating that Indian terrorism incidents occur mostly in Kashmir is contentious (we have other terrorist hot spots too, you know?). But anyone with a slight knowledge of the region will know that I am not too far from the truth.

The gravity of the situation in Kashmir and the ensuing ethnic cleansing [of Kashmiri Pundits] is greatly undermined by the Western media who seems to be preoccupied mostly with sporadic killings in Iraq or Palestine. Will this realign the media’s focus on terrorism hotspots? Probably not, because no American interest is vested in Kashmir or any other Indian areas prone to terrorism. Let the American ‘peace keepers’ intervene and thus let it become a question of American prestige, it will instantly zoom up in the media priorities.

How about floating a rumor that Bin Laden is now in Indian Kashmir and responsible for disrupting the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service? Will America offer unconditional logistical support to India and honor us with a ‘major non-NATO ally’ tag? Or better still, sell us some clearly inferior F-16s and save another thousand jobs in Texas? No, thanks; we can handle our problems; or can we?