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.

Our Kashmiriyat was pro-poor and anti-landlord: Article 370 enabled Kashmir to give land to the tiller. Today, that freedom is gone

The writer is the granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah, first Muslim Prime Minister of J&amp;K post-Independence. She is a faculty member at Rose State College, member of Harvard-based Scholars Strategy Network, has authored four books.

Nyla Ali Khan

Author and the granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah

The writer is the granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah, first Muslim Prime Minister of J&K post-Independence. She is a faculty member at Rose State College, member of Harvard-based Scholars Strategy Network, has authored four books.

By Nyla Ali Khan