messy valley - 52 deaths and counting!
Last 2 months or so have seen an increase in protests in the Kashmir Valley, specifically Srinagar. It has certainly triggered a few thoughts in me, which i have tried to articulate in this post. Trouble limited to the valley - If the people of J&K are fed up of Indian Administration, then why are the protests limited to the valley? Why are we not witnessing the same levels of unrest in Jammu and Ladhak? I am no where hinting that successive Indian governments and local civilian governments have handled the situations with good measure of certainity. Rather, its been shoddy and inhumane. Agenda of the seperatists (APHC) - Mr. Syed Shah Geelani wants merger with Pakistan and Mr. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq wants independence and ensure that state of J&K remains autonomous - neither india nor pakistan's territory. Am curious to know if Mr. Geelani / Mirwaiz saab, just want independence/self-rule for the kashmir valley or the entire state of J&K from India's rule? If its the