Article by Somya Tiwari,
What happened in Pahalgam wasn’t just an act of terror — it was a cold, calculated massacre. Ordinary Hindu tourists — families, young couples, elders — were cornered, interrogated, and executed based on their faith. Eyewitnesses recount how men were forced to remove their trousers to reveal their religious identity. Some were asked to recite the Kalma. And when they couldn’t — they were gunned down. This wasn’t collateral damage. This was a deliberate targeting of Hindus. A communal line was drawn with bullets.
It is Kashmir, again. They say Kashmir is heaven on Earth. But for how long must that heaven come with a blood-soaked cost for its visitors? Tourists who came to breathe mountain air and see snow-clad peaks instead faced a nightmare. How long will Hindus have to second-guess visiting their own land? What kind of message is being sent when a spiritual and scenic destination becomes a ground for selective killings? Peace in Kashmir is fragile because it is built on the silence of its victims — and silence never holds for long.
The most dangerous silence isn’t from the killers — it’s from those who claim to inform the public. Mainstream media outlets have tiptoed around the truth, avoiding the word “Hindu,” avoiding the word “kaum,” avoiding the raw communal angle. When the truth is inconvenient, it becomes buried under euphemisms like “terror” or “militants.” But how can we heal if we won’t name the wound? Why is it that when Hindus bleed, the headlines go quiet? Where is the courage to call a spade a spade?
We will name the victims. We will name the ideology. And we will name the kaum that believes it can demand faith before sparing a life. India today is not the India of 2008, or even 2010. Since 2014, we are a nation awakened — a nation that remembers, reacts, and retaliates. We will not bow down to fear, nor will we let the blood of innocents be washed away by politically correct platitudes. We will speak. We will fight. And we will pay back — not with hate, but with unflinching truth and justice.
