There is no inherent tension between national security and human rights in the minds of soldiers. The debate should be directed at the government that makes policies and enacts laws.
Jammu & Kashmir cannot be kept in a perpetual state of lockdown. But how the government handles protests will be the first real test of the Centre's strategies, writes Lt Gen DS Hooda
Former Northern army chief Lt. Gen (Retd) D. S. Hooda on what motivates soldiers to live under rigid conditions in Kashmir, what motivates them to lay down their lives...