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| Restoring Hope | | | While highlighting the deep and lasting scars left by terror and violence, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha recently stated that terrorism not only claimed innocent lives but also shattered families, pushing them into decades of silence, stigma and poverty.
The Lieutenant Governor last week handed over appointment letters to 41 Next of Kins (NoKs) of terror victims in Jammu and 39 in Kashmir. During the past few months LG Sinha has given job letters to 200 NOKs of terror victims.
During his speeches he has reiterated that the government is committed to rehabilitate the terror victim families so that they live a dignified life.
Behind every brutal killing by terrorists lies a story of a home that never recovered, of children who grew up without parents deprived not only of emotional support but also of economic security. Widows were left to fend for themselves in hostile environments, often silenced by fear and social pressure. In numerous cases, the trauma was compounded by stigma — victims’ families were ignored. This neglect pushed many into poverty, despair and social isolation. Most of the victim families were left to suffer in silence.
LG Sinha led administration has launched a massive exercise to identify the terror victim families and has gone an extra mile to ensure that they get justice. For a long time, the pain and trauma of these families were ignored. But now the time has changed and the government is reaching out to them.
The facts that have unraveled during the past few years have brought to fore that real victims of terrorism and true martyrs were often hounded by elements within the terror ecosystem while on the other hand, Over Ground Workers (OGWs) were given government jobs and the Next of Kins of terror victims were left in lurch.
Importantly, the outreach campaign launched by LG Sinha carries a larger societal message. A society that forgets its victims risks normalising violence. A society that honours them reinforces the values of justice, empathy and resilience. Acknowledging the pain of terror victim families helps heal collective wounds and undermines the narrative of terror groups that thrive on fear and silence.
The initiative signals a decisive change in approach. Justice delayed may have deepened the wounds, but justice delivered, even belatedly, can still restore hope. |
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