As situation in Kashmir keeps deteriorating, we seem to have forgotten it

The dark night that's fallen on it is not going to loosen its grip anytime soon

Once again, we seem to have forgotten Kashmir. I won’t use the word ignored because that implies a deliberate decision to disregard developments in the state. The truth is we appear to be simply unconcerned about what’s happening. It’s as if it doesn’t matter.

Yet in almost all respects the situation is deteriorating. First, internally. The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society estimates that 472 people have died in encounters and clashes in the initial 10 months of this year. This, I presume, includes their figure for casualties from terrorist incidents. That compares to 379 deaths for the whole