He has been held up as the ideal Kashmiri at a time that the state is paralysed due to riots after the death of militant Burhan Wani. But Shah Faesal isn’t impressed with the comparison and says that his image is only being used to divide people further.
In a powerful post on his Facebook wall, Faesal said that such images only bred more alienation and anger in the state.
“By juxtaposing my photos with the images of a slain militant commander, a section of national media has once again fallen back upon its conventional savagery that cashes on falsehoods, divides people and creates more hatred.
“At a moment when Kashmir is mourning its dead, the propaganda and provocation being dished out from red and blue newsrooms is breeding more alienation and anger in Kashmir than what Indian state can manage,” he wrote.
He also said that he had no intent of staying on as an IAS officer just to fulfil an image that has been created about him.
“Personal vulnerability apart, the very fact of becoming a part of a ridiculous debate is something which has disturbed me very much. Have I joined IAS to do a job or to become a part of your sadistic propaganda machine? In fact when I qualified this exam I never thought of spending my whole life scratching the desk and if this nonsense around me continues, I might prefer to resign sooner than later,” he wrote.
He didn’t have anything nice to say about India’s news channels
“I am adding to what my younger colleague Yasin Chaudhary had said earlier in his Facebook post. ZeeNews Aaj Tak TimesNow and NewsX are not going to tell you the truth about Kashmir. Please mind your head,” he said.
He pointed out what was happening in Kashmir was very wrong
“No Government would want to hurt it’s people and when a state kills and maims it’s own citizens, it’s self-injury and self-decimation of the worst sort, it makes the body-politic bleed as well. So no Government can distance itself from the pain of it’s people and all out efforts are being made to contain this crisis and reach out to youth. It is going to take time.
“Till then we have to steer safe from spoilers who want to set Kashmir valley on fire just for the sake of TRP,” he wrote.
He instead urged people to pray for those who have lost their lives and stand by them instead.
“Let’s pray for those who lost their lives and their eyesight in the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir and stand by one another in this moment of truth. I didn’t have net access all this while and today once I saw my timeline, I realised it was the time to speak up. Inalillahi wa Ina-ilaihi rajioon,” he said.
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