'Worryingly, there's a growing cult of marytdom in Kashmir'
August 29, 2016  11:12
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"Burhan Wani's killing served as a spark for the anti-establishment fire that has been raging in the minds of Kashmiris ever since the Centre stopped engaging them for their political future. Before the upsurge the Hurriyat had begun to feel isolated and marginalised, many had begun to term them as irrelevant. But they are now back in the game. The cardinal weaknesses shown in use of pellet shotguns are clearly due to lack of training on their use."


Air Vice Marshal (retd) Kapil Kak, who has been part of the track II process which seeks to reach out to members of the civil society in the Valley to understand the ground reality and provide inputs to the government spoke to Vipin Vijayan/Rediff.com. Read
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