domingo, 18 de agosto de 2019

Govt must control narrative on Jammu and Kashmir | The Indian Express

Govt must control narrative on Jammu and Kashmir | The Indian Express



Govt must control narrative on Jammu and Kashmir

If Hindus outnumbered Sikhs in Punjab, would that be ethnic cleansing of Sikhs? If Kashmir is no longer a Muslim-majority province, it will become more like secular India than before.

Govt must control narrative on J&K
Warn the thousands rushing to settle in Kashmir just to prove they can do it —Kashmir gets very cold in winter!


One lesson for those in politics is never to believe your own propaganda but pay special attention to what your opponents are saying rather than just call it fake news. The government managed a swift and unanticipated surgical strike on Article 370. But that done, it has been unable to keep the initiative. Why not say that a week- or fortnight-long curfew is not unusual in Kashmir as has happened before at times of security emergency? Instead we have the Governor saying it is all peace and quiet while the military and the administration say curfew will continue. It is no good saying a majority of J&K citizens are in favour but a few troublemakers are not. Political activists in every country and every party are always a minority. Astute politics lies in letting the activists expose themselves as representing a minority.

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