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From One Year of the Gag to the Next, ‘Normalcy’ in Kashmir Comes at a Price
Just when the central government was supposed to plan its course under the cold hand of reason, Modi’s pyromania in Kashmir comes with the potential to trigger a blowback that India may not afford.
Indian security personnel stop Kashmiri residents as they stand guard on a deserted road during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 23, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail
Rights07/Jan/2021
Srinagar: From the central government’s perspective, the year that just ended signifies a triumph of sorts on the Kashmir front. Despite the fact that the Valley was still reeling from the chaotic aftermath of the end of its special constitutional status – the loss of statehood, its division into two, the world’s longest internet shutdown, mass detentions, a violent crackdown on protests and significant structural changes that Kashmiris would have never consented to – the year passed off peacefully. No uprising. “If Kashmiris are angry, then where is the unrest?” a senior police official casually asked me in early 2020. “Did you see anything happening?”

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