Menace of the self-style intellectuals

 

It is a matter of grave concern that articles with the inept usage of words in support of biassed interpretations are qualified by known columnists, opinion makers and syndicate writers. The irony of the situation. is that such sell-claimed intellectuals do manage to get space in leading national newspapers prominently They also acclaim themselves responsible in framing political opinion for the country.

In a prestigious English daily, a self- proclaimed liberal columnist was competent enough to endorse and quote. Tokda Tika gang as accomplished emerging intellectuals. All the four youth who came to limelight after the JNU incident in an assembly of students led by Omar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar at dark hours raised anti-national slogans in the campus gave a further flip to the slogans were similar to anti-India slogans hurled in 5the Kashmir valley by Pakistan-sponsored terrorism affiliated youths and their patrons in the valley There, the Kashmin youth crossed over to Pakistan to get arms handling training to wage a war against the Indian occupation forces for seceding to Pakistan, is their sole aspiration Shockingly, these youth Kanhiya Kumar and others are from the mainland of India, which are political hotbed states. Which bee was in Kanhiya Kumar's bonnet to join the bandwagon of slogan mongers in JNU campus? Quoting the slogans like these Kashmir ki azadi tak jung chalegi Bharat ki barbate tak jung chalegi and quote (War will continue till Kashmir attains freedom, war will continue till India's demolition end quote) were venomous and detrimental to Indian sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The incident of February, 2016, at JNU was apparently a protest against capital punishment given to Afzal Guru in 2001 and Maqbool Bhatt in Feb 1984, but it was given an anti-India flick. But no one talks about the gruesome killing of Indian diplomat Mattri in London by JKLF of which founder member was Maqbool Butt. And this commotion went on in JNU premises for days together with the support of All India Student Association, All India Student Federation and Student Federation of India, which was given political stance by the opposition party MPs. Kanhiaya Kumar, being the president of the student union in JNU, ought to have been in control of the situation and should not have allowed the protesters to demean their own motherland. The whole situation against anti- capital punishment protest turned into anti- national assemblage with the presence of sizable Kashmiri students, fomenting secessionist thought. Thus, the secessionist forces of the valley did prove their accessibility to raise their voice in the prestigious academic) citadel in the capital of India. Democracy and note of dissent in its system is agreeable but to disrespect one's own country was the most condemnable episode Both Omar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar were the vanguards of the JNU anti-India flock. What prompted the columnist to mention that if such persons reach Parliament, they would be some kind of dominant power to transform the process of governance. Not only that Kanhiya Kumar is also a better read person than most urban Indians, but also is more charismatic, who was introduced by Gauri Lankesh to the columnist. Reading is no more a special qualification nowadays with the advent of Google, internet and easy approach to free libraries in institutions of the country Omar Khalid, for the columnist, is another intellectual giant at this young age, having fluency in the Hindi language vocabulary, but is unable to foresee to which horizon of intellectualism Omar Khalid would reach when he would be of columnist's age Shehla Rashid, though imbibed with a whiff of levity, is endowed with fiery personality as per the mapping of her personality by the columnist. Shehla, student of JNU, has strong political background inherited from her father Engineer Rashid an independent MLA from Langhat, District Kupwara, who is adept in flaunting anti-India hatred in the valley to keep his constituency glued to him. So Shehla has an opening in politics through heirloom, for which she is gaining experience by such anti-India rants. In Jignesh Mevani, the columnist heaves a sigh of relief on gauging proper intellectualism in him, when the former visited his office and got into high-quality debate on Dalit issues with Dalits was phenomenal.

Does the columnist here want to superimpose, these individuals who are notorious for their anti-India stance on Indian society by giving them the tag of intellectualism and their eruditeness? Or does he want to strengthen or rope in them for the formation of national-level clout to rerun unfinished task of Gauri Lankesh, who was the patron of individuals like Jignesh, Omar, Kanhiya, and co. It is the foremost responsibility of the readers to ponder why such a columnist has puffed up these four youth? If such attitude of the columnist continues, the other youth in India comparatively are not so brilliant enough to hold the political fort of the country as exhibited by lads during the JNU ruckus rehabilitation.

of February, 2016. 

It has been observed by political scientists that there is deep grouse among many liberals and left-oriented writers against the majority community. Unfortunately, Indian society, divided into castes and further sub-castes, is the rallying point for exploitation by ruling elites since ages. Each caste is fighting for its benefits and political dividends. Party mandate is being distributed on the bases of caste and religion and people vote with that consideration. On the dislocation of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley, no sane element from the streets in India was heard for their rehabilitation.

It is the sorry state of affairs that many of the writers who find themselves short of words to invigorate the voice of the majority community. When will good sense prevail upon the columnist to write in a positive perspective?

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Courtesy:-  Surinder Koul  and Koshur Samachar 2018, October