Many promises were made to Kashmir, including Nehru's on a referendum and the freedom Article 370 gave to liberate Muslim peasants from landlords. That Kashmiri freedom is choked now.
The external and internal dimensions of the revocation of Article 370 need to be analyzed in order to claim the J&K narrative.
After the arbitrary move to abrogate Article 370, the govt has arrested Kashmiri leaders like Shah Faesal and placed choking restrictions on the Valley. Kashmir is an open-air prison now.
We want to return home with full safety now. It's high time Kashmir's real problem is tackled.
There is silence. There are concerns. There's happiness. There's no one word to describe the mood of Jammu.
The RSS and BJP always stood against special status for J&K, arguing it meant alienation from the rest of India. By revoking Article 370, Amit Shah has put an end to this distance.
There is a risk of drawing international attention to the Valley once again. And this won't need Pakistan pushing Kashmir's case.
I would never have managed to report from Kashmir without the help of several local journalists and this is my thank you note to them.
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are going against the very Constitution they had sworn to protect.
This is a carpe-diem moment for fashion designers in the UTs, to celebrate their cultural identity, educate about their roots and tell their rich textile story in designs that go beyond the pheran.
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