...But November isn't September, 2008 isn't 2001, Pakistan isn't Afghanistan and India isn't America. So perhaps we should reclaim our tragedy and pick through the debris with our own brains and our own broken hearts so that we can arrive at our own conclusions Full Story »
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"It's odd how in the last week of November thousands of people in Kashmir supervised by thousands of Indian troops lined up to cast their vote, while the richest quarters of India's richest city ended up looking like war-torn Kupwara" I echo the other comment: This piece is too simplistic and moralistic. The elections in Kashmir are being held in several rounds, the latest being today. Today, being no exception to weeks past, we read about Indian soldiers firing live rounds and tear gas. Of course when the esteemed BBC choose to headline this "Demonstrations mar Kashmir vote" can we excuse Arundhati Roy?
"It's odd how in the last week of November thousands of people in Kashmir supervised by thousands of Indian troops lined up to cast their vote, while the richest quarters of India's richest city ended up looking like war-torn Kupwara" I echo the other comment: This piece is too simplistic and moralistic. The elections in Kashmir are being held in several rounds, the latest being today. Today, being no exception to weeks past, we read about Indian soldiers firing live rounds and tear gas. Of course when the esteemed BBC choose to headline this "Demonstrations mar Kashmir vote" can we excuse Arundhati Roy?