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Humanity over everything else

October 15, 2019 |

The situation in Kashmir since August 5 has brought out the best and the worst in us. As the old saying goes, it is only in times of adversity that the real character of a person comes to the fore. Take the example of horticulture sector which came under immense strain due to the exodus of non-local laborers who were hired for plucking fruits, packaging them and ensuring their freight to fruits mandis and other markets of the Valley. Instead, orchardists turned to their own human resource, including friends and relatives, to tide over the crisis. The closure of public transport came as a horror, especially for people with patients at home who needed regular medical care at tertiary hospitals of the Valley. Private vehicle owners often came to the help of these anguished people, although not all patients were lucky in getting a free ride. The telecom shutdown took a huge toll not just on private businesses and students but public sector as well. People who needed to stay in touch with the outside world were literally deprived of this basic right. But the restoration of landline services came as a small relief. While there are reports that some PCO owners resorted to fleecing customers who wanted to make phone calls to their loved ones, the larger picture was rather encouraging. Not only did people with landline connections open the gates of their homes for neighbors and even strangers but the visitors were also offered and sometimes even served tea. These humanistic gestures will rarely find a parallel in any other part of the world, especially in places which have been torn apart by decades of violence. While psychologists believe that people in trauma in any part of the world are bound to turn introverts and suspicious as a result of being surrounded by abnormal situations, the humanistic behavior shown by Kashmiris in the past more than two months of curfew and shutdown has made an exception to this rule. In times of uncertainty, we have come to the help of not just fellow Kashmiris but even strangers. This unique display of remarkable hospitality in testing times is what makes Kashmir distinct from other parts of the world. And the credit for this goes to the Sufi strain of Islam which forms the bedrock of the Kashmiri society and which teaches us that humanity is more important than everything else!

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Humanity over everything else

October 15, 2019 |

The situation in Kashmir since August 5 has brought out the best and the worst in us. As the old saying goes, it is only in times of adversity that the real character of a person comes to the fore. Take the example of horticulture sector which came under immense strain due to the exodus of non-local laborers who were hired for plucking fruits, packaging them and ensuring their freight to fruits mandis and other markets of the Valley. Instead, orchardists turned to their own human resource, including friends and relatives, to tide over the crisis. The closure of public transport came as a horror, especially for people with patients at home who needed regular medical care at tertiary hospitals of the Valley. Private vehicle owners often came to the help of these anguished people, although not all patients were lucky in getting a free ride. The telecom shutdown took a huge toll not just on private businesses and students but public sector as well. People who needed to stay in touch with the outside world were literally deprived of this basic right. But the restoration of landline services came as a small relief. While there are reports that some PCO owners resorted to fleecing customers who wanted to make phone calls to their loved ones, the larger picture was rather encouraging. Not only did people with landline connections open the gates of their homes for neighbors and even strangers but the visitors were also offered and sometimes even served tea. These humanistic gestures will rarely find a parallel in any other part of the world, especially in places which have been torn apart by decades of violence. While psychologists believe that people in trauma in any part of the world are bound to turn introverts and suspicious as a result of being surrounded by abnormal situations, the humanistic behavior shown by Kashmiris in the past more than two months of curfew and shutdown has made an exception to this rule. In times of uncertainty, we have come to the help of not just fellow Kashmiris but even strangers. This unique display of remarkable hospitality in testing times is what makes Kashmir distinct from other parts of the world. And the credit for this goes to the Sufi strain of Islam which forms the bedrock of the Kashmiri society and which teaches us that humanity is more important than everything else!


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