The Tipping Point: New Delhi now faces not Terrorists, but the young Kashmiri Masses

SEEMA MUSTAFA The death of 22 year old Burhan Wani in an encounter is the tipping point for Kashmir. The thousands who walked miles to attend his funeral at Tral are testimony to the shift, as mobs after 20 years attacked government vehicles and installations in what constituted large scale violence for a Valley under curfew and strict restrictions. What started in 2010 has blown into open defiance and alienation that will not take a step back. The windows have been shut, the doors bolted and secured by the Kashmiris…

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