In The Line Of Fire | Outlook India Magazine
outlookindia.com 2021-04-30T16:40:05+05:30 Forests catch fire for many reasons, but near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, there is an additional factor: routine cross-LoC shelling that has long been a marker of strained Indo-Pak relations in these parts even when the two countries are not at war. No wonder, not just people living close to the LoC but also the forests breathe a little more freely when the mortars fall silent. And the mortars have indeed been silent since the two neighbours agreed to a “strict observance ceasefire” in February. Earlier, according to...