For this week's blog, I read a BBC News article on the India-Pakistan War, and what Kashmir's views are on the war.
Since I was younger, my Indian family had always told me that Pakistan just wanted Kashmir for selfish reasons. They wanted Kashmir to make Pakistan bigger and more powerful than India ever was. They told me that all India wanted to do was keep Kashmir safe from Pakistan, and any harm that might come to the people. I'd always believed my family, and quite honestly, I also believed their horrible terrorist tales of "those blood-seeking Pakistanis". Although now that I'm older, I can see my family's childish prejudice against Pakistan. I ask myself now, how do they know why Pakistan wants Kashmir? And how do they know what Pakistanis are actually like if they avoid them at all costs? Why, all of a sudden, does this war seem so much more petty and childish than before? I felt like it was two divorced parents fighting over a child that they both really want for their own selfish reasons. And then, above all else, I ask myself, haven't they asked what Kashmir wants?
It was this article gave me my original answers, then started a whole new round. Half of Kashmir (the Muslims) wants to be an independent country, which is definitely out of the question. The other half of Kashmir would like to stick with India, the feeling of safety is a good one apparently. If one option is definitely our of the question, then the other option is the only option left, right? So why then is this war still going? It doesn't make any sense. Why are they still battling it out, and why are there still terrorists attacking India? What on earth has India done to deserve the continuous murdering of their citizens? I've read Pakistan's news, and the only sign of terrorism that I've found is coming from themselves. So why then, is India being attacked by them?
I have yet to find my answers. But I now know that I'm as prejudice as the next Indian.
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