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"WHERE’s your son, behnji?" a neighbour asked her friend in a village in Jammu and Kashmir. Her friend replied with pride, "He may have gone somewhere for stone-pelting." The neighbour then asked, "What’s he protesting against?" "He is not against anything in particular. In fact, he has mastered the art of stone pelting. Everyday he is hired by some party or the other to display his art during their protests." "Is he well paid?" "Earlier when he was working with the Road Construction Department, he used to get Rs 150 a day for laying stones. But now he earns Rs 300 an hour for throwing stones at policemen," explained the proud mother.
Maybe, in the near future the armed forces could have a stone-pelting squad. Both Pakistan and India could have stone-pelting battalions employing unemployed youths. God forbid, if there is another war, then this unit should be encouraged to fight. Firstly, the number of causalities will be less, and secondly, there will be no pollution. The only fear is Pakistan might go to the UN complaining "Indians are misusing the stones we throw on them by using these to make roads."
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The
authorities have decided to check stone pelting during protests.
Rather than checking pelting, I think, we need to discover more
innovative ways to popularise stone pelting. The authorities should
hold a state-level stone-pelting tournament, and those who have
perfected their throw, should be selected for games like cricket and
baseball.