The Myth of Reconciliation: Why Kashmiri Pandits Must Reject the Delusion of Kashmiryat

 

For over three decades, the displaced Kashmir Pandit community has endured an unrelenting onslaught of gas lighting, revisionism, and deceitful calls for "reconciliation with the very society that turned its back on them in 1990. The forced exodus, orchestrated by Islamic Fundamentalists and tacitly supported by a silent majority, was not a momentary lapse of reason but a calculated ethnic purge. Yet, some among us still peddle the fraudulent dream of bonhomie and coexistence under the banner of "Kashmiryat-a term that today is nothing but a hollow shell, emptied of meaning by the blood of our murdered ancestors. **

The Ugly Truth of 1990: A Betrayal That Cannot Be Forgiven**

 The events of 1990 were not spontaneous; they were premeditated. They were not the result of 'fringe elements, they were the outcome of a deep-seated, systemic hatred that simmered beneath the surface for decades. The streets of Kashmir, once home to our temples and heritage, echoed with slogans that left no room for ambiguity: '

Raliv, Chaliv, yaGaliv' (Convert, Flee, or Perish) "

Kashmir banega Pakistan, Pandit auratchhodkar (Kashmir will become Pakistan, without Pandit women but with their bodies left behind) "Islam khatremeinhai" (Islam is in danger) a war cry that has justified centuries of ethnic cleansing in the name of faith. These were not just words, they were a call to arms, a green signal for murder, rape, and 34 plunder And the valley's majority answered with eerie unanimity. The Kashmin Pandits were hunted down, executed, their homes set ablaze their temples desecrated their women brutalized. Those who survived were made refugees in their own country. To this day, the so-called moderate Kashmiri Muslim has not shown an iota of regret. Instead, they have indulged in historical whitewashing and crocodile tears, claiming they too suffered- conveniently erasing their complicity from the annals of history

"The Fraud of Kashmiryat: A Tool of Pandit Submission**

What exactly is Kashmiryat? Is it the ethos that allowed thousands of us to be driven out under the threat of death? Is it the culture that saw our temples converted into urinals and mosques built over our sacred land? Is it the brotherhood that stood by as their neighbors were butchered and raped? There is no Kashmiryat-there never was. It was an illusion designed to lull us into complacency while the knives were being sharpened. And today, when some misguided Pandits speak of reconciliation' and 'dialogue," they are doing nothing but legitimizing their own oppressors. A Kashmiri Pandit who talks about rebuilding bonds with the same people who celebrated his exile is a traitor to the memory of those who perished. A Kashmiri Pandit who indulges in candlelight vigils and meaningless peace talks' spits on the graves of the children who were shot at point blank range, on the women who were raped before being slaughtered, on the families that were bumed alive in their own homes.

 The Complicit Pandits: Cowards and Collaborators

 Worse than the enemy outside are the collaborators within. Those Pandits who speak of 'rebuilding trust' are no better than the traitors of history who sold their own people for scraps. These apologists, who bend over backward to accommodate the very people who celebrated our exodus, are nothing more than vultures feeding off the carcass of our suffering. They dine with our oppressors, negotiate on our behalf without our consent, and sell the narrative that we must 'forgive and forget These spineless cowards dare to invoke "Gandhian principles' and 'humanity' when the only language Kashmir has ever understood is the language of strength. They would rather kneel before their executioners than demand justice for their people. Let it be known: there is no place for traitors among us. Their delusions of harmony do not represent the will of the Kashmiri Pandit community, nor do they have any mandate to speak for us. They do not deserve our respect, and they certainly do not deserve our mercy They have chosen their side the side of those who raped our mothers, butchered our fathers, and celebrated our exile. And for that, history will judge them as harsbily as it judges the perpetrators of our genocide "The Only Path Forward: A Hard Line Against Betrayal Let it be clear. There is no going back to the old Kashmir. The idea that Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Muslims can reconcile is a delusion peddled by those who are either ignorant of history or complicit in rewriting it. Any Kashmiri Pandit advocating for peace without justice is either naive or a collaborator in our continued subjugation Our return, if it happens, will not be in the terms dictated by those who exiled us. It will be on our terms-where justice, precedes reconciliation, where restitution precedes coexistence, where the guilty are punished, and where we return as masters of our land, not as tenants in a hostile valley. Until that day, every attempt to placate, every hand extended in fake friendsłup, every compromise made in the name of 'peace' is an insult to our suffering. We must stand as a wall- unyielding, unbroken, and unforgiving, Only then can we ensure that history never repeats itself. We will not shake hands with murderers. We will not share meals with the complicit. We will not accept false apologies drenched in the blood of our kin. There is no forgiveness. There is no reconciliation. There is only justice, or there is nothing at all.

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Courtesy : Vithal Chowdhary   and Koshur Samachar-2025 , March