Let’s stop sugarcoating it. What happened on April 22, 2025, in Kashmir wasn’t just a “terrorist attack.” It was a cold-blooded, targeted massacre of innocent Indian civilians—unarmed tourists—by Pakistani-backed extremists. It was an act of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, planned and executed with the sole aim of ripping apart our nation’s confidence and disrupting the peace that millions of Kashmiris had worked so hard to rebuild.
And let me be very clear: we must respond—not with silence, not with appeasement—but with unapologetic, iron-willed resolve.
The Cowardice of Targeting Tourists
The picturesque Baisaran Valley, once a haven of serenity near Pahalgam, was turned into a killing field. Five militants, camouflaged in military fatigues, descended upon the area like rabid wolves (oh wait, wolves can fight alone, they were in groups, lets call them rabid rats). But these weren’t soldiers. They weren’t freedom fighters. They were butchers—religiously motivated killers hiding behind guns and dogma.
Their mission? To ask people their religion. To force Hindu and Christian men to chant Islamic prayers. To humiliate, undress, and execute them point-blank in front of their wives. Some of those victims were newlyweds. Can you imagine the trauma burned into the memory of a young woman watching her husband gunned down because of his faith?
And then came the crowning cruelty: those women were spared—not out of mercy, but so they could be walking messages of terror. They were told to “go back and tell Modi what happened here.”
Well, here’s your answer: India is listening—and we are furious.
Pakistan Must Answer
This was not the act of some rogue cell. This was not an accident. This was strategic, state-backed terrorism with clear objectives: destabilize the narrative of normalcy in Kashmir, scare tourists away, cripple the region economically, and embarrass India on the world stage.
And to Pakistan, let me say this directly: You can keep pretending to be a victim of terrorism while manufacturing it in your own backyard. But the world sees through your lies. You want to talk about Kashmir? Fine. Let’s talk. Kashmir is, was, and will always be India. What you’ve done is not liberation. It’s desecration.
You’re not challenging Indian sovereignty—you’re declaring war on humanity.
Silence is Not an Option
Where are the voices now? The human rights activists, the global media, the so-called neutral observers who lose sleep over internet shutdowns in Kashmir—why the silence now? Where is the outrage over civilians being executed based on their religion?
This selective morality is exactly why we need to speak louder, fiercer, and with absolute clarity. Because if we don’t, this narrative will be hijacked. The murderers will be called “rebels.” The victims will be reduced to statistics. And the nation’s fury will be buried under political diplomacy.
Not on my watch.
Tourism Was Their Target—Let It Be Our Weapon
One of the biggest blows this attack dealt was to Kashmir’s tourism sector—the very heartbeat of its economic revival. And that’s exactly what they wanted. A deserted Kashmir. An abandoned valley. A narrative that says, “It’s not safe anymore.”
Let me tell you what’s not safe: cowering in fear. Letting terror dictate our travel. Letting extremists rewrite our maps.
I say to every traveller, every photographer, every patriot: Go to Kashmir. I will visit, the lakes, the valleys and the meadows. I will chill in the open fields and take photographs like it’s my own porch.
Visit its lakes. Hike its mountains. Stay in its houseboats. Talk to the people whose livelihoods depend on your courage. Let your footsteps stomp out the fear these murderers tried to plant. Let your cameras capture not just beauty, but defiance.
If they want to scare us away, then we will show up ten times stronger.
India’s Response Must Be Relentless
To the Indian government: this is not the time for half-measures. This is the time for decisive, visible, and ruthless action. Not just military retaliation—but political, diplomatic, and economic pressure on Pakistan until it feels the weight of what it has sponsored.
We need to go to international forums and expose them. We need to cut off every safe haven, every funding channel, and every propaganda pipeline they’ve built.
And domestically, we need to make it known: every citizen, every visitor, every tourist will be protected—not in theory, but in practice.
Because if we fail to show our strength now, we will only invite more bloodshed.
Kashmir is ours. The Fight is Ours.
This was not just a strike against a group of travellers. It was a message to 1.4 billion Indians. But our answer must not come in whispers or behind diplomatic curtains.
We must roar: You will not break us.
Kashmir is not a disputed land—it’s a part of our soul. Its pain is our pain. And we will not surrender it to terror, to propaganda, or to Pakistan’s sick fantasies of annexation.
The terrorists may have tried to leave behind horror, but we will answer with hope. With rebuilding. With return. With resolve.
And if they think they’ve won by spilling blood, let’s remind them: the soil of Kashmir has absorbed our grief before. And every time, we’ve come back stronger.
To the cowards who murdered tourists in the name of jihad: your guns may kill our people, but they cannot kill our spirit.
India will remember. India will retaliate. And India will rise.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT.
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