On April 22, a hail of bullets spilt blood in the bustling Baisaran meadow in South Kashmir라이브 바카라 Anantnag district. When the sound of gunshots rang out, terrified people—many of them tourists—scurried down the nearly three-kilometre track that leads from Baisaran to the Pahalgam market. The next day, 26 coffins had to be readied. In one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, 24 tourists, one Nepali citizen, and a Kashmiri pony ride operator—who tried to save a tourist—were killed. Several others were injured. For the first time in over three decades, Kashmir's often fragmented political and civil voices united to condemn the attack.
바카라라이브 바카라 next issue looks at what comes after the condemnation. The attack in Pahalgam has reopened old wounds – about security, justice, and the illusion of peace in the world라이브 바카라 most militarised region.
The now-infamous scenic spot, which reportedly receives 2,000 to 3,000 visitors a day, did not have any security personnel guarding it. The security agencies initially held The Resistance Front (TRF)—an offshoot of the banned Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—responsible for the attack, but TRF later denied any role in it. 바카라라이브 바카라 foreign editor Seema Guha writes that it is clear that India will retaliate, but a war between the nuclear-armed neighbours is a nightmare not just for India and Pakistan but for the entire region.
Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq writes that it is imperative to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice, but innocent Kashmiris must not be made to suffer in the process. Justice must not come at the cost of fairness and due process of law. Anuradha Bhasin, editor of The Kashmir Times, writes that the question is not what Kashmiris should be doing. The question should be what can and ought to be done for Kashmiris who bear the worst brunt of terrorism, counterinsurgency and war.
Author Siddhartha Gigoo, a Kashmiri Pandit, writes that he dreams of writing about beauty and happiness and love once again, as he did when he was growing up in Kashmir in the 80s. “When all that our parents and grandparents had dreamt of was a life of beauty and joy in our beloved Kashmir. Will that day ever come?”
In Kashmir, there are more questions than answers. Is Kashmir truly ‘normal’?” Has the government endangered tourists by encouraging them to visit Kashmir? Has the promise of safety raced ahead of the reality on the ground? Will Indians enjoy their holidays once again in Gulmarg, Pahalgam and on Dal Lake?
Amid the questions, the emotional salutes, and promises of justice, the families of those killed in Pahalgam are still struggling to make sense of an unforeseen tragedy. Our reporters went to some of the families—to listen, to witness.
Read these stories and more in the latest issue of 바카라.
