<b>Letters:</b> Why surrender?

Why does the government not have a road map to deal with these troublemakers?

With reference to Ajai Shukla’s article, “The world is watching Kashmir” (May 2), I am inclined to agree with his observations that disturbing footage of girls and women in school and college uniforms defying armed security men detracts from the legitimacy of India’s response and its time-tested stance at the international level. 

Of late, the situation in Kashmir Valley has been turning worse, with Pakistan-based terror organisations supported by separatist groups fomenting trouble by using the emotive “azadi” card much to the discomfiture of peace-loving citizens in the state and the nation as a whole.

As is well known, the ongoing violent