NEW DELHI: The falling of red Chinar leaves marks the arrival of autumn in Kashmir.
It also signifies a lull in the hostilities, an otherwise daily affair in the region.
Far from ground zero, people today gathered at the India Habitat Centre here to deliberate on the hot topic — ‘Jammu and Kashmir: What’s the future?’
Author David Devadas, who has written extensively on Kashmir, blames “firefighting” to manage conflicts in the region for the perpetually volatile situation in Kashmir Valley.
It is only brought to a manageable level but never resolved completely, he said.
According to him, the talk about normalcy in the region, increasing the number of tourists or triumphant episodes against militancy, are in fact “dangerous”.
“…Because part of it is propaganda… It is meant to cover the fact that the conflict hasn’t ended,” Devadas, who has penned a new book, “The Generation of Rage in Kashmir”, said.
Talking about the 2016 agitation following the death of militant leader Burhan Wani, the writer noted that now the conflicts were percolating even into areas that had not seen militancy in the nineties. (AGENCIES)
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