To believe or not to believe that is the question

Well it was like the frog's way of eating. Tongue gets thrown out, and its there waiting for food and then retraced inside...linked so integral but unusual...for want of better terminology. I am sorry if it felt that way.

@arunima25 The link to Kashmir was only through tongue which is linked. Normally, we don't throw tongue out, instead push food in the mouth... this time we retracted the tongue sorta.. honestly I found it strange that we had to resort to such a measure... with the size of army we have. Nevertheless, what is done is done, and now we must let it go on till it is either successful, or failure. If it is successful move, nothing will happen. But if it is a failure, we can expect big problems inter and intra country.

@vandana7 I couldn't understand the analogy. Sorry !

@skysnap It has always been a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. I read both sides, and I find Khan a lot more wise than Modi here.

Kashmir was always india's property and Pakistan had nothing to do with it.. especially when UN itself has declared pakistan as terrorism state that used Kashmiri islamics for this purpose. I think you were fed the Pakistani side of story it seems.

@topffer Nope.. the khan being wise is their media job... we have had years of media framing done against us.. if were to be doing any injustice US would have bombed us by now.. and so does UN.. none of them will intervene now because both of them know about the side of india which is not documented by your Wikipedia.. it was never disputed one especially if you read about the argument about who was the king of kashmir who decided to get into india.. and another argument of pandits being slaughtered who were native of that place... then again likes of you who wish war on india for reduction of population .. i hope more islamic moving to your nation do what they did to us.. Amen.

But that was another nation! This was a princely state that aligned with India on paper.

@LadyDuck True. Something like Israel Palestine conflict. But leaving it in present state was not going to help us.

@vandana7 It has always been a "disputed" territory.

I do not trust any politician. That is my problem.

@vandana7 i also not trust as they never becomes anyone but Yes this government is better then previous all though they all are same somehow this is what i think.

Thank you. This week will show us whether it was or not the right move.

@vandana7 Oh yea, hope it all works out.

Thank you Carol. Right now, it is a fearsome situation.

@vandana7 true.

@vandana7 Has there been any violence?

Very complicated. My information about Israel and Palestinian is as reliable or unreliable as my information about Kashmir and India. :) All I can say is, we Hindus have been bad in the past, and they the Muslims there have retaliated equally ferociously. Now we are at an impasse... we need to resolve this. I am not sure knee jerk reactions are the right way.

Thank you so much sol_cee san. We managed 15th August and even the festival day after that. But next week will be the litmus test.

Not sure because some incidents have been reported. If the situation is no better than before, of what use this move, asks me?

Building up consensus was never a possibility. First thing - rehabilitate the Kashmiri Pandits. Next, remove infiltrators, then voting to determine the will of people. People need to decide whether they want to belong to India or be with Pak, or be independent. Being independent and taking help from India for protecting them like Bhutan will not do, because India has already poured enough on them. In so far as Bimaru states are concerned ..yes, they were managed rather badly by previous governments. Mayavati spent fortune on those elephants. Akhilesh Yadav on bungalows. Yogi Adityanath on sangam and yagna apart from statues. That is UP's fate. They select wrong government. Bihar is in grip of Maoists. Much of funds go to fight them. To that extent, certainly J&K is better. I don't know ...next week there will be Ganesh visarjan. Lots of folks will be vulnerable to attacks. I am a tad tense again.

I think local news is doctored. I wonder how many are dying out there. Will we ever know and the most important part - is it the right thing we have done, and will it be for good. :(

I hope so too, but I feel it is too optimistic an expectation now.

Thanks for good wishes. So far not much has happened, but communication lines will be opened soon, and so will commuting. We will know how things will pan out.

Me too...:( But that would be like being Polyanna. :(

You are as reliable as BBC then. LOL

@skysnap Not at all. But if that makes you feel better I am good. I for one want Hindus to care for their own by discarding what is not there in scriptures fighting for such things focus on research and win over others like Parsis. The katua thing is vulgar... never thought Hindus could ever stoop down to that level. By the way even Jews undergo circumcision.

@vandana7 I did got on nerve didn't I? ... XD.. *cough*

I hope so too. Next week there will be many on road as we have processions and processions are easy targets for terrorists.

Thank you. We will know tomorrow I suppose. And the day is the 13th...who likes that date.