We Asked Children In Kashmir What They Feel About India This is What They Said

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We Asked Children In Kashmir What They Feel About India This is What They Said


Srinagar: There has been no electricity for a while now. There has been no internet. There are no newspapers either. And there is no school either. Two adults are cautiously peering out of their house as another pitched battle between the protesters and the CRPF begins. It's just another day. In another room, sits a child, he is only 13. His parents have asked him to stay put. He is used to the curfew; he is used to having his school arbitrarily shut down. He is used to violence. He has seen things that children never should. He 'knows' things that children certainly shouldn't.



Once again, he closes his eyes and listen to the slogans that the protesters are shouting and once again, he hears gun shots. And then silence. But he doesn't shudder, he isn't afraid... rather, it makes him angry - perhaps because anger is all he sees around him.

Sitting in his room, he can't do much. But one day, when he is old enough, he will.

There are many battles being fought in Kashmir but if there is one fight that India needs to win, then it is for the children of Kashmir; for their minds. After all, who does the future belong to?

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Safan Nissar, 13 years

India is police who beats boys. I hate India. My parents do not let me go outside. We fear to go out. My parents tell me you'll be killed. I cannot play. I have not played for last 10 days. We don't even open books now. Hum Darte Hain (We are afraid). We want Azaadi. I want to go out and protest but my parents lock me in the room. Then I only hear the slogans.

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