{"id":7431,"date":"2007-08-16T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T04:30:57","slug":"amitava-kumar-on-jashn-e-azadi-and13-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/amitava-kumar-on-jashn-e-azadi-and13-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bookdetails\">\n<div id=\"bookimage\"><span class=\"wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/uploads\/images\/jashn-e-azadi.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"80\" height=\"103\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"bookmaininfo\">\n<p class=\"booktitle\"><strong>Title: <\/strong>Jashn-e-Azadi; Kashmir poll on azadi; 13 December: A Reader<\/p>\n<p class=\"bookauthor\"><strong>By:<\/strong> Sanjay Kak; Indian Express-CNN\/IBN; Various<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- bookmaininfo --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- bookdetails --><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m writing this on August 15. It is our Independence Day. A young Kashmiri Muslim told me in Srinagar a few months ago that this is the day on which everyone there tries to stay indoors. This is not because the people support Pakistan, but because they are most suspect on August 15. You are questioned, searched, and locked. If any of the readers have had a chance to view Sanjay Kak\u2019s powerful documentary <i><a title=\"Jashn-e-Azadi blog\" href=\"http:\/\/kashmirfilm.wordpress.com\/\">Jashn-e-Azadi<\/a><\/i> (How We Celebrate Freedom) you\u2019ll see how Sanjay, coming in to Srinagar for a visit around Independence Day, is struck by the fact that the only people present for the ceremony are the cops and members of the armed forces. (That\u2019s Rave Out #1. For <i>Jashn-e-Azadi.<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s announcement of <a title=\"the Indian Express-CNN\/IBN poll\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/story\/210147.html\">the Indian Express-CNN\/IBN poll<\/a>, that an overwhelming majority of Kashmiris in the valley want <i>azadi<\/i>, also underlines the importance of a genuine rethinking on the question of independence rather than empty, nationalist sabre-rattling. (Anyway, that\u2019s Rave Out #2. For Indian Express and CNN\/IBN, as well as the good folk at CSDS who designed the poll.)<\/p>\n<p>This is a good day for re-opening the pages of <i><a title=\"13 December: A Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinbooksindia.com\/Books\/BookDetail.asp?ID=6452\">13 December: A Reader<\/a><\/i>, in which thirteen writers and journalists point out the injustice involved in the quick media-lynching of SAR Geelani and the denial of a fair trial to Afzal Guru. (This would be Rave Out #3, for the book, although wouldn\u2019t it be great if the book weren\u2019t needed?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Jashn-e-Azadi; Kashmir poll on azadi; 13 December: A Reader By: Sanjay Kak; Indian Express-CNN\/IBN; Various I\u2019m writing this on August 15. It is our Independence Day. 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