Pahalgam slaying in a nutshell
Pahalgam slaying in a nutshell
The Pahalgam slaying wasn’t a cloistered
incident, but, a calculated, well-planned cold-blooded slaying executed in the midst of four-day visit of US President
JD Vance.
We don’t seem to have learnt anything from the past?
The Chittisinghpura slaying of 2000 occurred on the eve of President Clinton’s visit. Thirty-five Sikh villagers were slayed by men in army fatigues introducing themselves as Indian soldiers before executing them. Even as of today, the truth of who perpetrated that attack remains murky, shrouded in state secrecy and political expediency.
Lt Gen KS Gill in 2017, openly claimed that a report was submitted to the then Home Minister L.K. Advani. Nobody knows on the existence of the report and why it wasn’t made public and no action initiated.
Bafflingly, If our own institutions cannot come clean over past failures, how can justice be expected for today’s victims?
Kashmir has emerged as a curated bloodbath. Pulwama, Chittisinghpura, Uri, Nowgam, and now Pahalgam—each tragedy is an outrage only to be forgotten and replaced. These “incidents” in reality are manifestations of a ripped security doctrine, repeated proof that something is very wrong with our intelligence gathering, counter-terror strategy, and political will.
News Edit KV Raman
Notwithstanding the abrogation of Article 370 and the promise of peace and integration, what’s being seen is not normalcy—it’s managed chaos. Kashmiris are caught amid two extremes: foreign-backed terror and domestic political manipulation. And now, tourists too have emerged as collateral damage in this game of blood and betrayal.
The people of India deserve better. The people of Kashmir deserve justice. And the victims of Pahalgam deserve far more than our sympathy—they deserve truth, accountability, and above all, a system that values their lives enough to prevent the next slaying.
Till such time that happens Kashmir will stay put as a graveyard of promises—where the only constant is grief, and the only question that remains unanswered is: how many more must die before someone is held accountable?
When there is bloodbath in Kashmir the response is an exposure of state power —flag marches, helicopter evacuations, escalated troop deployment. But by then dead can no longer hear the speeches.
News Edit KV Raman
