“In textile, you join threads. In terror, you open them.” Prime Minister Modi urged this textile design student-turned-IPS officer to use the thread of outreach to mend hearts in Kashmir.
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00:00And what did you study?
00:02Sir, I studied textile design from NIFT Gandhinagar.
00:05Oh, so you have studied in Gujarat.
00:07Yes, sir.
00:11So, how will you survive textile and terror?
00:19Sir, I have got good training. I will do it.
00:22Look, in textile, you have to join threads.
00:26And in terror, you have to untie the threads.
00:31So, you will have to work on different aspects.
00:38Yes, sir.
00:43Jai Hind, sir.
00:44Jai Hind.
00:45Sir, my name is Tanushree and I have been allocated the order of Jammu and Kashmir.
00:50My district practical training was conducted in Srinagar.
00:54Using intelligence and forces,
00:56I got to see how the police fight against terrorist activities and work for the security of the country.
01:05There, I also got a chance to take part in the counter-terrorist operation.
01:09Security forces were trying to catch a terrorist named Junaid Sehrai for a long time.
01:16Junaid was a commander in the Hizbul Mujahideen and was in charge of recruitment in the valley.
01:23Sir, on 18th May, the special operation group of the Jammu and Kashmir police got the news
01:30that he was with a terrorist at the home of a supporter.
01:34So, immediately, a team of the police, SOG and CRPF made a plan, surrounded the house and tried to catch the terrorists.
01:42As soon as we entered the house, the terrorists started firing at us.
01:46One of our soldiers got injured.
01:48Sir, personally, it was a very frightening moment for me.
01:52But, as our soldiers and team showed courage,
01:56not only did we take the injured soldier to a safe place,
02:01but we continued the operation until we neutralized both the terrorists.
02:07Sir, as this house was situated in a urban area, the police had to face many other difficulties.
02:15For example, the protection of the common people and the situation of law and order.
02:21Sir, for the first time, I got a chance to see the human face of the police.
02:27As one team was watching the operation,
02:30while the other team was taking the innocent people, including women, children and the elderly, to a safe place.
02:37And another team was handling the stones.
02:41Sir, it was reassuring for me that if a police officer has to risk his life for the security of the country and the safety of the innocent people,
02:51then this is a priority for us.
02:54Tanushree, where are you originally from?
02:57Sir, I am from Bihar.
02:59And what have you studied?
03:01Sir, I have studied textile design from NIFT, Gandhinagar.
03:04Oh, so you have studied in Gujarat.
03:06Yes, sir.
03:10So, how will you survive with this textile and terror?
03:18Sir, I have received good training. I will do it.
03:21See, in textile, you have to tie threads.
03:25And in terror, you have to untie the threads.
03:30So, you will have to work in different aspects.
03:37Yes, sir.
03:39I feel like talking to you about something other than policing.
03:45It is true that what we read in the newspapers every day,
03:52the incidents of constant terror,
03:55those are the main news.
03:58Apart from this,
04:02the specialty of this entire area,
04:04whether it is Jammu, Ladakh, Beli or Kargil,
04:12and I have been fortunate to work there for a long time,
04:18they are really very good people.
04:21They are very nice people.
04:27And I believe that with our efforts,
04:32we will be able to bring back their happy life.
04:37But you have done textile.
04:41And...
04:45Kashmir has a special power.
04:49Kashmir has a special power.
04:52Please sit down, Mr. Tanu.
04:55Kashmir has a special power.
04:58And that is why,
05:00in every house there,
05:02in their fingers,
05:04the four or five years that you bring back after studying,
05:08they have more power in their fingers than that.
05:14The kind of shawls they make with their hands,
05:18the textile work that happens there,
05:20that is amazing.
05:23Even during policing,
05:25if you get two, three, four days off in a month,
05:32I would request you that wherever you are assigned a duty,
05:35you make a small group of the women there.
05:42Ten, ten, five, five, ten, fifteen.
05:46And those who have a routine,
05:48they do some work related to textiles.
05:52In the form of an extra activity,
05:55apart from the uniform,
05:57you make a group of five, seven, ten,
06:00as much as you can.
06:03Teach them modern designing.
06:07You will see,
06:09this will become a great strength in your policing.
06:14So I am giving you a job in a completely different direction.
06:18Because,
06:20you will really connect with them,
06:22because I have connected a lot with these people.
06:25You will have an amazing experience.
06:27They are such lovely people,
06:28they keep you with so much love.
06:30And they have the strength to learn something new.
06:34So you must give them strength.
06:37And,
06:38with collective effort,
06:41we have to work towards stopping the children who go astray.
06:48And that work
06:50can be much better than women police officers.
06:54To take back those children,
06:56to make their mothers understand,
06:58our women police force can do a great job.