Kashmir`s endless agony
(WorldNews India)

The Centre abrogated Articles 370 and 35A supposedly as a cure-all for all Jammu and Kashmir`s problems, but a year on, the economy of the region is in the doldrums, while the sense of disillusionment, frustration and alienation among the people is only increasing. A YEAR ago, on August 5, when the Narendra Modi government ended the constitutional privileges guaranteed to Jammu and Kashmir, it floated a commanding national narrative marketing its unilateral action as the cure for militancy and people`s alienation in Kashmir. It argued that Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution not only scuppered economic development by preventing private players from investing in the Himalayan valley but...