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Pulwama and not putting up with Bullshit anymore

Much before Pulwama attacks happened and for almost two decades now, Kashmiri Muslims have been studying, working, carrying out businesses and living in several parts of India. Even in the peak years of militancy, and despite the massacre and forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, the image of Kashmir for most Indians has been that of a paradise, of a tranquil Dal lake, of hospitality and of a memorable tourist visit. The spiritual, cultural and historical fountainhead that Kashmir is for Hindus, has almost been neglible in the public conscious. The political integration of Kashmir from Independence and it's favourable concessions are even less known, let alone understood. Slowly, facts from these domains are coming out for consumption by the public, but it is much slower than the rate at which Kashmiri Muslims themselves have been given impetus to abhor the India State and find affinity with Pakistan. It would be a fallacy to believe that Kashmiri students and professionals in vari