US-based Kashmiri group asks India to accept ground realities in Valley Archives

A US-based Kashmiri organisation reminded India on the country’s Republic Day, which was observed on Tuesday, that Kashmir was a disputed territory as recognised by the United Nations and its obduracy to accept the ground realities were a major hurdle in peace in the region. “For Kashmiris this is not a day to celebrate but a day of mourning, a day of catastrophe when their power of self-determination was taken from them by the occupiers,” Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary-General World Kashmir Awareness, said in a statement issued in Washington.…