At midnight on August 5, our phones went silent. We have still not been able to break that silence.
It is about the politics, stupid! The economics is only a concomitant, or collateral.
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.
Given the enormous terrorism threats we face today, we have never needed a fearless thinker and doer like Amit Shah more.
There is surprise. There's happiness. But there are also concerns. 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.
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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Kashmiris today need to make a tough choice while living in very tough circumstances. But while Hindutva may repel, there are advantages as well to willfully joining the Indian mainland.
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