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Wembley-Calendar-2021.Pdf With compliments NOT FOR SALE KASHMIR: A LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS WHEN the fourth Mughal Emperor, Shahenshah the Treaty of Amritsar. He would get 2,22,236 square Jahangir (1605-1627), was on his deathbed, one kilometres of “real estate”, for which he had to pay of his courtiers asked him what was his most ardent an annual tax of one horse, three scarves and twelve desire. His rasping reply was, “Kashmir, only Kashmir.” goat shawls. Jahangir had fallen in love with Kashmir. “If there is heaven on earth, it is here,” he said. The poet, Muhammad Iqbal, would say that the Treaty of Amritsar was a gross sell-out. Gulab Singh’s Buttressed against the Hindu Kush – or the western accession to power was condemned. In 1931, mass Himalayas – which soar to 8,000 metres, Kashmir protests began. commands a strategic location in Asia: it is bordered by Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and India. By 1947, the grandson of Gulab Singh, Mahajarah Hari Singh, could no longer contain the unrest, and it Kashmir enjoys a rich history. It is a home of Sanskrit, Today, Kashmir is a partitioned sent him scurrying into the arms of the nascent Indian the oldest human language. Kashmir was known state. to Alexander the Great and the Roman historian, state, and the Kashmiris are a Ptolemy. Kashmir, translated from Sanskrit, means a marginalised people On 26 October 1947, Singh signed the Instrument land dried up of water: “ka” (water) and “shimeera” of Accession. It granted Delhi dominion of Kashmir Kashmir in 1819 until its fall to the British in 1846. 19th (to dry up). without the consent of the people, and the Indian century colonialism would tear Kashmir apart. With army marched into Kashmir, never to leave. The its natural beauty and economic promise, Kashmir Kashmir was a Hindu and Buddhist territory until the occupation was regarded by India as legal under its would become desired territory, its inhabitants the arrival of Islam. The Ummayads entered Kashmir in Independence Act, but as fraud by Pakistan. victims of a power struggle between Britain’s colonial the early 8th century. But it is the Sufis from Persia and stepchildren – India and Pakistan. Turkistan who attracted Kashmiri hearts. In a letter sent to Singh, the English Governor-General of India, Lord Mountbatten, accepted accession, Today, Kashmir is a partitioned state, and the A 16th century chronicler, Abul Fadl, said they saying, “[however]...the question…should be settled Kashmiris are a marginalised people. India occupies followed Shari’ah, but did not denounce other faiths by a reference to the people.” 43 per cent of its territory, Pakistan 37 per cent and and abstained from meat in deference to the Hindus. the Republic of China 20 per cent. The population Kashmir would experience continuous Muslim rule That “reference” to the people – despite Indian of Jammu (occupied by India) is 12 million, Azad from 1339 until 1819 – a total of 480 years. The Mir promises of a referendum by Jawaharlal Nehru over (occupied by Pakistan) four million. The great Kashmiri Shah dynasty would be followed by the Mughals, the 70 years ago – has never come. Today, Kashmir is injustice occurred in 1846 when Gulab Singh would Afghan Durrani and the secular Sikhs, who took over the most militarised zone in the world. Over 40,000 buy Kashmir from the British for about R 1.4 million in people have died due to clashes in the past 27 years A casualty of the revocation was clause 35A, which the Kashmiris who have suffered, not India or Pakistan. alone, at an average of four conflict-related funerals had given the indigenous population the right to They want the conflict to end. They want peace and per day. decide who were its permanent residents with rights stability, law and order, economic development. for state jobs, property ownership and access to And, finally, one thing is made abundantly clear: Significantly, few Indian soldiers have ever been scholarships guaranteed. The law prohibited non- no one is going anywhere. For despite being a convicted for human rights abuse in Kashmir. The permanent residents from benefiting. country of broken dreams, Kashmir is still the beloved UN and others have noted that India and Pakistan motherland. both blame each other for violations, but ignore their Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party had own. In 1993, Human Rights Watch reported that pushed for an end to Kashmir’s special constitutional Indian security forces had committed rape, assault, status, arguing that such laws had hindered its torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial “integration” with India. executions. “In reality,” says Kashmiri commentator Abdul Ghani, In 2018, the UN in its first ever report on human rights in “it opened the doors to illegal Indian settlement and Kashmir, said that there was an urgent need to address an opportunity for the BJP to choke, starve and beat the violations. “It is a conflict that has robbed millions Kashmir into submission. But we are made of sterner of their basic human rights, and continues to this day stuff, and Modi – or any other Indian government – will to inflict untold suffering,” said UN High Commissioner not succeed.” for Human Rights, Zaid Ra’ad al-Hussein. Indeed, tap into the heart of any Kashmiri and the In August last year, India completely locked down desire for freedom beats proudly in every chest, Kashmiri citizens after revoking Article 370, a young or old. To most Kashmiris, India and Pakistan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS constitutional provision dating back to 1949 that had are the same – two ego-driven countries fighting over Calendar concept, research, editing: Shafiq Morton allowed Kashmir “special status” to pass its own laws. a piece of land that doesn’t belong to them. Lunar Crescent data: Phaldie Davids Wembley co-ordination: Sumaya Sonday The special status had permitted the Kashmiris to have DTP: Allegro Design Studio their constitution, their own flag and to take decisions Go into the streets of Srinagar, Jammu, Muzaffarabad Photographs: © Shutterstock.com on matters not related to defence or foreign affairs. – or any town or village from the Hindu Kush to the Print: Formeset lowest valley – Kashmiris will tell you that in this battle, it is Note: Lunar phases are calculated and Wembley is not responsible for any changes that might occur. © Copyright is reserved by the Wembley Group of Companies Hazratbal, reflecting Mughal design, houses strands of the Prophet KASHMIR: Muhammad’s (SAW) blessed hair. A LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS Lunar Aug Day Fajr Sunrise Ishraaq Zawaal Dhuhr Asr(S) Asr(H) Magrib ‘Isha 1 21 Fri 6:02 7:19 7:39 12:49 12:52 15:55 16:41 18:23 19:32 MUHARRAM 2 22 Sat 6:01 7:17 7:37 12:49 12:52 15:56 16:42 18:24 19:32 1442 3 23 Sun 6:00 7:16 7:36 12:49 12:52 15:56 16:42 18:25 19:33 4 24 Mon 5:59 7:15 7:35 12:49 12:52 15:57 16:43 18:25 19:34 21 August - 18 September 2020 5 25 Tue 5:58 7:14 7:34 12:49 12:52 15:57 16:44 18:26 19:34 6 26 Wed 5:56 7:13 7:33 12:48 12:51 15:58 16:44 18:27 19:35 7 27 Thurs 5:55 7:11 7:31 12:48 12:51 15:58 16:45 18:27 19:36 8 28 Fri 5:54 7:10 7:30 12:47 12:43 15:58 16:45 18:28 19:36 9 29 Sat 5:52 7:09 7:29 12:47 12:50 15:59 16:46 18:29 19:37 10 30 Sun 5:51 7:07 7:27 12:47 12:50 15:59 16:47 18:29 19:37 11 31 Mon 5:50 7:06 7:26 12:47 12:50 16:00 16:47 18:30 19:38 12 Sept Tues 5:49 7:05 7:25 12:46 12:49 16:00 16:48 18:31 19:39 13 2 Wed 5:48 7:04 7:24 12:45 12:48 16:00 16:48 18:31 19:39 14 3 Thurs 5:46 7:02 7:22 12:45 12:48 16:01 16:49 18:31 19:40 15 4 Fri 5:45 7:01 7:21 12:45 12:48 16:01 16:49 18:31 19:41 16 5 Sat 5:44 7:00 7:20 12:45 12:48 16:01 16:50 18:32 19:41 17 6 Sun 5:42 6:58 7:18 12:44 12:47 16:02 16:50 18:33 19:42 18 7 Mon 5:41 6:57 7:17 12:44 12:47 16:02 16:51 18:33 19:43 19 8 Tues 5:40 6:55 7:15 12:44 12:47 16:02 16:51 18:34 19:43 20 9 Wed 5:38 6:54 7:14 12:44 12:47 16:02 16:52 18:35 19:44 21 10 Thurs 5:37 6:53 7:13 12:43 12:46 16:03 16:52 18:36 19:45 22 11 Fri 5:36 6:51 7:11 12:43 12:46 16:03 16:53 18:37 19:45 23 12 Sat 5:34 6:50 7:10 12:43 12:46 16:03 16:53 18:38 19:46 24 13 Sun 5:33 6:49 7:09 12:42 12:45 16:04 16:54 18:39 19:47 25 14 Mon 5:32 6:47 7:07 12:42 12:45 16:04 16:54 18:39 19:47 26 15 Tues 5:30 6:46 7:06 12:41 12:44 16:03 16:54 18:40 19:48 27 16 Wed 5:29 6:44 7:04 12:41 12:44 16:04 16:55 18:41 19:49 28 17 Thurs 5:27 6:43 7:03 12:41 12:44 16:05 16:56 18:42 19:49 29 18 Fri 5:26 6:42 7:02 12:40 12:43 16:05 16:56 18:42 19:50 SUNRISE SUNSET SUNRISE SUNSET Malmesbury 1 min earlier 1 min earlier Ceres 3 mins earlier 3 mins earlier Paarl 2 mins earlier 2 mins earlier Worcester 4 mins earlier 4 mins earlier Caledon 4 mins earlier 4 mins earlier George 16 mins earlier 16 mins earlier Muharram Significance of Dates to New 1442 Muharram Remember Moon REFLECTION August / “Muharram” lexically 1 Muharram – Islamic New New Moon: September means “forbidden”, Year 1442.
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