Now no one is claiming that these killings of non-Muslims could be linked to unemployment, exploitation, dispossession… of anyone in Kashmir – explanations once bandied to justify the expulsion of lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990.
the controversy has admittedly put the focus on what these 26 verses actually say and sparked off another age-old debate. The debate between the Quran and other holy books like the Manusmriti.
Even if we accept that Faiz’s poem was in the context of a protest against a Pakistani dictator, why sing it in India against a democratically elected government and a democratically passed law (CAA)?
Chetan Bhagat when says, stone-pelting is due to lack of employment, he must observe that they've very categorically said that the stone pelting is NOT for lack of jobs, but for establishing Islamic Caliphate in the state.
The reason for making J&K a UT is, without the police or the IAS directly under the boots of the Abdullahs or the Muftis, their capacity to make money or create mischief will be severely limited.
Not delimitation, but trifurcation seems to be the solution for Kashmir, splitting the state of Jammu and Kashmir into three states: Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Here is why.
“We cannot solve the poverty problem but we can definitely make the middle-class poorer,” seems to be the Congress motto this time. Enough to scare the middle-class.