Tag: Too many mistakes – What the rest of India owes Kashmir and Kashmiris

Ramachandra Guha In the late summer and early autumn of 2010, the valley of Kashmir was gripped with protest, discontent, violence and suffering, just as it is now. In August 2010, when the troubles had entered their third month and the death toll had reached 70, the experienced journalist and Kashmir watcher, Siddharth Varadarajan, wrote a piece in The Hindu urging the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to take “bold steps to demonstrate his willingness to address the grievances of ordinary Kashmiris”. Dr Singh, wrote Varadarajan, should not insult Kashmiri sentiments…

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