Introduction

It is an incontrovertible fact that a new age has set in in Kashmir and could rightly be described as the ‘Dawn over Kashmir’. This development in Kashmir is not attributable to any external cause (as was the case in the countries of the former Soviet Union, where communism was forcibly imposed by Russia after the Bolshevick revolution of 1917) but is rather the result of fresh thinking on the part of the Kashmiri people themselves. October 1989 saw the beginning of an armed struggle in Kashmir. The loss of life and destruction that followed in its wake is described in a book titled “Wounded Kashmir”. Now the time has come to publish a new book titled “Healthy Kashmir”. This book is devoted to the depiction of this new, healthy age in the history of Kashmir.

The law of nature and the experiences of history tell us that, in this world of God, all destructive activities come to a dead end, whereas there is no end to constructive initiatives. After 1947, in the wake of the partition of India, certain unwise leaders, inspired by a self-styled concept of jihad, started a destructive campaign in Kashmir. According to the law of nature, this destructive initiative has reached its limit. Events testify to a new journey having begun in the history of Kashmir. And this constructive journey will certainly continue until it reaches its ultimate destination.