A cruel joke called elections in Kashmir
The Indian media has been expressing surprise about the high voter turnouts in the Kashmir elections. The expression of surprise sounds genuine. I am not sure how genuine it is. Is patriotism coming in the way of truth? How can we not see what a Wall Street Journal reporter can?
In the village of Samboora, residents said that Indian Army troops went from house to house on Saturday morning, rounding up families and taking them to a polling station. As a reporter drove into the village Saturday afternoon, an army vehicle with several soldiers stopped by the walled compound of Ghulam Mohammad, pulling the 59-year-old retiree onto the road. Seeing a foreign reporter, the soldiers jumped into their vehicle and quickly drove off. “They asked me why I’m not voting, and I said that’s because I don’t like any of the candidates,” Mr. Mohammad said moments later. “They said, if I don’t vote, I’ll be sorry later.” [Must Read]
Shivam Vij
Aditya Nigam
Shuddhabrata Sengupta
subhash gatade
Gautam Bhan
ravikant
Sohail Hashmi
Aman Sethi
Aarti Sethi
mukulsharma
Mahmood Farooqui
Ravi Sundaram
Nivedita Menon
Lawrence Liang
apoorvanand
prashantjha
jdevika
zainab1979
ponni
Sunalini Kumar
Ahilan Kadirgamar
Dan Husain
Shivam Vij
thank you shivam. For a slightly more complicated perspective, read basharat peer’s article:
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081212/REVIEW/69706013/-1/SPORT
What? I am surprised! You mean, even the Gilanis and other separatists missed this?