A bus service is announced between Sri Nagar and Muzaffarabad, and the media men hail it as a stepping stone toward lasting peace between India and Pakistan, the politicians project it as one of their major accomplishments toward bringing about a "solution" to the problem, and the people are in general made to feel as if the world is now turning into Utopia.
Then comes out of nowhere a threat from militants, or as Mushy likes to put euphemistically, "freedom fighters" who boldly announce to the world that they are ready to kill their own people if they decide to mingle among themselves. That allowing kashmiris to meet kashmiris is in a way trying to divide kashmir and kashmiri people. Interesting!
The people are alarmed, the government under pressure, and the media in a frenzy. I beg to ask why we should at all be bothered. If the militants are so keen to cause harm to the people whose rights they apparently are fighting for, why should we even bother with the security cover etc.? The Indian government is doing the best it could to ease the tensions, and if the militant organizations are hell bent on earning ill-will of the people, so be it.
If anything, this will be good for the Indian cause in the long run.
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