Why Kashmir bothers us more

There are more deaths from violence in the Adivasi belt and the North East

This week, Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister accused India’s television anchors of encouraging nastiness against her people. “I request national media to not show discussions on TV that spread hatred against people of J&K in the country,” said Mehbooba Mufti. “A few people pelt stones, all youth of J&K doesn’t do that. If all had done sloganeering, so many people wouldn’t have passed in the recent exams,” she added.

There is zero chance, of course, that we will stop our Manichaean discussions on Kashmir. That delicious cocktail of anti-nationalism, Islamism, terrorism, separatism etc. fuels outrage better than anything else. Question is: