Flight of Kashmiri Pandits: The aftershock of destroying civil society

The systematically delegitimised leaders of mainstream political parties in Kashmir could've been important instruments for mobilising public opinion against targeted killings of minorities

Representatives of Kashmiri Pandits and anchors on prime time are being more than disingenuous in demanding protest on the streets against the recent targeted killing of Pandits from Kashmir civil society and its political parties. The presumption is that there is still room left for public protest in the Valley. But having been relentlessly cowed down by government measures, public protest will neither be easy to revive, nor will it respond selectively, only to issues where it will suit the government.  

Large sections of the Hindu majority in India maintained a strategic silence when Kashmiri civil society activists and media