Kashmiris are Indians

Day after day Kashmir is becoming increasingly complex. From past 3 months, we are listening about the riots of varying intensities. According to media reports, till now 72 people died and several hundred injured.
I see the reasons for the problem have multidimensional edges and the solutions should be multidimensional as well. There are separatist groups backed by Pakistan and deriving motivation from the greed of power and popularity. These groups are driving the people to fight hard against the government. For security reasons, The Government of India till now looked at the Kashmir just an important part of India but never thought enough to do best for the people of Kashmir. The government also failed to control mass killing of kashmiri pandits in 90’s , which resulted in losing faith among pandits and gave enough boost for separatists.
In Kashmir the situation is extremely volatile and no body knows when violence erupts. We are seeing all kinds of activities like stone pelting, breaking glasses, breaking vehicles, putting up fire, attacking govt officials and office buildings and shouting slogans like “go back India” and “azadi Kashmir”. With all this are they (separatists) expecting that they what they wanted (Azadi Kashmir). It’s not just a land to give up by the govt of India or by the people of India.
By considering the violence that is and was happening over the years, the suppression, human right violations, super powers of armed forces, etc.. I can understand the agitation of Kashmiris. In a democracy and in a multiparty system we cannot stop people from expressing their feelings.
I am disappointed by the response that India and Indian people gave to the Kashmir riots. Indian politicians are observing things silently from the back bench. Don’t we need to tell the people of Kashmir, who are a part of India and are Indians, that we care for them and we listen to them. Arundhati Roy speaks for ruthless Naxals, Communists speaks for pointless ideologies and for labor, BJP speaks for Hindutva and congress speaks for “gareeb”, who are speaking for the development of Kashmir and for the Kashmiri people. By the way, I am not proposing that we should support for Azaadi.
Right now the people of Kashmir are driven by extreme emotions. They are not sure what after Azadi what they achieve with azadi and how that is going to effect the valley. In this situation merely announcing an economic package by Govt will not yield any result.
1) I think, all the political parties of India should join to organize a peace rally to Kashmir to support them and to spread word that we care them and listens to them. This will help in building trust on India, and also helps to calm down the situation little bit.
2) The young are the most affected of Kashmir. All the schools were closed. Children were restricted by fears. Parents are worried about their future. Indian govt should facilitate and fund the children to join any of the schools in any part of India that they wish. This is in fact an opportunity for the government of India to dislocate the kashmiris to different parts of India and in keeping away the young from violence.
3) The youth of the state are suffering from serious scarcity of jobs. Doesn’t they need reservations to get jobs in the state owned companies. Though I am against to reservations, by considering the fact that we provide reservations on the basis of caste by taking no consideration of their wealth, and on the basis of gender, on the basis of religion etc., I am convinced that kashmiris needs reservation.
4) Huge developmental funding is needed in the border villages to ensure India’s power, sovereignty and administration in the valley. This is the same strategy used successfully by China in Tibet and LAC, Pakistan in POK. India should consider this with more vigor.
Spreading the Kashmir population across the country, efforts to increase hindu and budhist population in the valley, and importantly linking the areas with development, problems can be smoothed in the future. Its very important for the nation to act quickly on Kashmir to keep India as one nation.