It will be astonished to say any Kashmiri living in Kashmir or other parts of world to be thug which we called in urdu as Bad moash or in Hindi as Lutera. it is in contrast to Bollywood movie “thugs of Hindustan” where Firangi of awadh was the key role who actually was thug having all devil triats. We have consider that Firangi to devil Kashmiri who have blood in stream of all devil triats.Many social desire which have arisen past years in Kashmiri society have given rise to devils of empire which are truly to be called thugs of Kashmir. They are politicians, bureaucrats, high class people and influential persons which have destroyed the backbone of civil society which use to be cultured, simple and more decent. Devil have arise in the hearts of people when it comes to money, charm, luxury and relaxation of lifestyle. We use it see in movies mostly this culture but it have come into action and reality in life. Society have become so naked now that even any person from decent and civilized society is given taunts and sarcastic action where he gets shy away from these things happening in society.
In contrast, there may not be a moral sanction just yet but there is no denying that there is a large degree of social acceptance of corruption. No wonder then, today, it is being pinpointed as the single biggest trait of Kashmiris. It is, as if, in the DNA of a Kashmiri to be corrupt. The Indian civil society at large has been made to believe that Kashmiris are "ungrateful" wretches who live off their grants and yet demand either autonomy or independence. The political price of corruption has been huge. The social costs, have also been no less. What lies in the corrupted society, everyone is become spectator and watches with core vision. Being human have become a lie and people are heartless or they have heavy heart to say out.
Corrupted society have given rise to many evils like desire in the hearts of introvert people who you cannot think that he will do any vulnerable activity in life. If input in the life of Kashmiri people have right from the birth to death or he is shown right path with sustainability and stability in life, person would have good and productive for society.
Kashmiri is now so thugs in life that nobody cares about the society evils which have arisen in abundance for which there is no space for honesty and loyalty then. It is natural for a human being to develop an instinct of survival when he is faced with the forces bent upon annihilating him. For survival a person goes to any extent. For him morality, truthfulness, honesty, self-respect, and dignity lose all meaning. He has somehow to survive against all odds. Sir Walter Lawrence in “Valley of Kashmir” also talks about this misfortune of Kashmiris. According to him Kashmiris are not as bad as are portrayed by outsiders. The main cause for their pitiable situation is the centuries of slavery. A couple of generations living in a free atmosphere under an honest, just and a strong rule will bring the best out of a Kashmiri. But they never got that chance and the slavery has continued in one or the other form. Compromise has become part of our daily life. This has been taught to us by our leaders.
Right from the traffic constable on the road side up to the top political bosses, the whole system is steeped in corruption. Bribes are not only gladly taken but also given without any hesitation or remorse. It has become a well-established routine for getting anything done in every government establishment or organisation. In some departments, the corruption has been institutionalised and it is taken to be part of the normal procedure. No one feels anything bad about it. Rather it is taken to be rightful cut of all concerned. Apart from material corruption, there is exponentially growing moral corruption involving all sections of the society. Every second day one witnesses skeletons falling out of the moral cupboard. The second rank in corruption given to the state by the transparency international must be now higher than even the first rank? Can this corruption which has eaten into the vitals of Kashmir society be ever eradicated? The blood will have to be drained out and purified by a dialysis machine. Even then it can only be prevented from recurring if the top is clean. Honesty like water flows from top downwards. Unless we have the top honest and clean and that too with a political will, nothing will succeed. An honest top rung will not tolerate a corrupt bottom. In the present context an uncompromising, honest, and upright leader with courage of conviction and a political will to stand by the truth is the only solution to end the vicious circle of corruption. To refuse compromise involves sacrifice and suffering. Is anyone prepared for that? This is precisely what Kashmir has been waiting for. Will we ever get such a leader? God alone knows! Till the time that happens, the corruption is not going to go away. It will rather go on multiplying and eating into the vitals of our society. Thugs have grown at scale that they have destroyed the honesty and loyalty words from dictionary.

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