The dramatic story of Mr. Kashmir Singh exposes us to yet another harsh contemporary reality .
Mr. Singh patiently bore all that was inflicted upon him over a period of 35 years of his imprisonment without succumbing to the pressures or oozing out even the slightest amount of information about his country or accepting that he was there for espionage even when a death sentence was conferred upon him. Then what happened suddenly upon his return to his home town that he burst out in front of the media accepting that he was sent by the government of India on a spying mission? Probably the situation he faced upon returning forced him to. Many of us condemned this act of Mr. Kashmir stating that it would embarrass Mr. Burney and adversely affect the indo-pak relations. In this due course of diplomacy we are overlooking the plight of the large number of government spies and other on-mission-agents who work with utmost sincerity for the govt and then end up being disowned upon being unmasked, leaving behind their dependents, family members stalkless who then live in a murky state that whether their breadwinner is even alive or not.
The state of blindly looking at a faint ray of hope of return of their dear ones is an unimaginable state whose agony and anguish only those understand who have actually gone through it. Dont people like Mr. Kashmir expect the govt to atleast take care of their family members when they rot in a foreign jail without even knowing if they would ever be released. Is it too much to ask for ? The action was obviously a knee-jerk on part of Mr. Kashmir, but is he the only one to be blamed for it ? I guess not.
Sent to THE HINDU on Mar-11 2008
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