One man's terrorist is Another man's freedom fighter.
The year was 1989.Kashmir was boiling and I was 12 at that time.There were reports of Kashmiri Pandits migrating in large numbers. Later we came to know what exactly happened to Kashmiri Pandits on the ground.Some went to Jammu and some to Delhi as Refugees in their own homeland. Then became the slaughtering of the mankind. We keep referring to them as Terrorists and I think it is appropriate when they call them as freedom fighters.Although the ethnicity of the terrorists are quite often different to that of the Kashmiris. But its the Islamic call and all are mujaheeds attending to such calls.Since they have one identity and one cause,they are also termed as liberators or freedom fighters for the cause they represent. The arguments are complex in nature.But in general since India's freedom struggle so many such freedom fighters like Sardar Bhagat Singh who was apparently termed as terrorist by our very own Mahatma Gandhi,Nehru and many leaders of that era.He is now hailed as Mart...
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