Beyond highway of peace: First time India has to deal with separatist sentiment in both Jammu and Kashmir

Beyond highway of peace: First time India has to deal with separatist sentiment in both Jammu and Kashmir

By Muzamil Jaleel

August 18, 2008

Srinagar, August 17: Muteeb Raja is eight. His voice cracked as he shouted. “Hum kya chahte hain?” (What do we want?). A crowd of adults around him responded: Azadi (independence). Ishtiyaq Rasool is six. His mother told him that he was far too young to go and protest. “I insisted. The protestors will be thirsty, we can offer them water,” he said. His mother joined the slogan-shouting women, hiding her face with her blue scarf.

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