Dangerous Portents In Jammu And Kashmir: A View From Doda

Dangerous Portents In Jammu And Kashmir: A View From Doda

By Yoginder Sikand

13 August, 2008

Zia Hussain, a shopkeeper in Doda town, points out that in large parts of Doda, Hindus and Muslims live in the same localities, as neighbours. ‘The sort of ethnically separated and divided localities that you have in places like Delhi and UP are totally absent here’, he says. ‘Earlier, Doda was cut off from the rest of the state due to the difficult mountainous terrain. We were, to a large extent, insulated from communal conflicts elsewhere. But now, with the rapid expansion of roads and communications facilities, new ideas brought in by communal forces, both Hindu and Muslim, have begun to take root.

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