Daily Diary (DD) - Day 334 of 2022

0533hrs:

Day 178 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0439hrs

We are making further changes in our daily routine. A morning walk at 0400hrs has been initiated today. This picture was taken whilst returning home.

0757hrs

Attendance = 100%

Punctuality = 64%

114 days on time or early of 178

Punctuality surplus = 27 minutes 

Punctuality Consistency Status = 10 days

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We will continue featuring content from the ongoing spectacle in Qatar:

I left the following comment there:

I would opine that this a refreshing angle on the most topical issue in the world, at the moment.

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I had been invited to a get together of 'nationalists' in Kotli today, with a view to exploring possibilities of unity amongst their ranks. It was instigated by Zahoor Kashmiri of Goi in Kotli and included various members of JKLF (mainly from the Dar faction or more commonly referred to as the Pindi faction) but had others too in attendance. I of course attended as a neutral with a view to explore options of how the whole State of JKA can reunite, whereby unity amongst various factions of the JKLF can be considered as a layer within that greater objective.

It was a closed door meeting and thus I couldn't take any photos or videos of the event. It was scheduled from 1600hrs (4pm) to 1800hrs (6pm). I arrived with my assistant at 1633hrs. 33 minutes late.

Some concerns raised by participants at the meeting:

1) Shops/long-term.....short-term (what & how)

- Explanation: It was agreed that some factions or rather - some individuals within factions - were running 'shops' which prevented them from participating or contributing to the greater good. 

- That people think in the short term and don't consider the long term implications of their actions.

2) Organisational structure

That all parties and factions did not have a working or functional organisational structure.

 

3) Coaching (moral/political training)

That all parties and factions do not coach their cadre but rather concentrate on arranging public events from time to time - usually in reaction to something done by India and/or Pakistan - and give speeches of condemnation.

4) Finance

That all parties and factions do not take into account the need for finance or how it can be raised to perform important political functions.

5) Infighting/leg pulling

That there is too much infighting (personality clashes) and leg pulling to prevent any particular individual or party from progressing.

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- I did respond to all points raised and attempted to provide alternatives, including discussing the Citizen's Charter JKA, in particular its snapshot version.

- I also took the opportunity to review my 50 day workshop at Shaheed Chowk (Martyr's Square) at the beginning of this year.

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Memories courtesy Facebook:

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