‘This time, the protests are not strictly speaking, protests but an endorsement of the path chosen by a 22-year-old militant.’ In the last ten years, Kashmir has witnessed all types of protests –small, big, massive, symbolic, peaceful and even stone-throwing protests. This time, it’s different: the protests seem to have been propelled by an unprecedented rage. These protests are not against the alleged attack on Kashmiri identity (Amarnath land row agitation 2008), they are not against the allegations of rape or murder (Shopian 2009) and they are not against a…
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