with forest-clad mountains, rivers running through lush valleys and lakes ringed by willow trees,

Kashmir is ……Indian Kashmir sprawls over 42,241 sq km (16,300 sq miles). Before the region was
split, its size of 222,236 sq km (86,000 sq miles) was slightly bigger than the U.S. state of Utah and
almost as big as Britain………..There are more than 12 million people in Indian Kashmir and Ladakh
and more than four million in Pakistani Kashmir………..2019 decision by the government that
fundamentally transformed constitutional guarantees related to citizenship, land ownership, and
employment in the region………..Indian parliament did not have the power to revoke the region's
special status, maintaining that only the constituent assembly of Jammu and Kashmir could decide
on it……. scrapping the land ownership provision, called Article 35A, was a move by the BJP to
engineer a demographic change in the Muslim-majority region……The court unanimously agreed that
the special status had been a "temporary provision" and was an "interim arrangement in war
conditions."……..The move disregards the democratic right of the affected people to be consulted and
only hardens Kashmiri alienation……It will lead to greater insecurity and possibly even violence, not
right now but gradually….sympathy for militants is likely to return…..disappointment and a sense of
loss….Modi called the court judgement "a beacon of hope, a promise of a brighter future and a
testament to our collective resolve to build a stronger, more united India."….counter it word by
word…..India has jailed hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris out of state under the draconian laws..…
some have crossed their 50 years age….asking for freedom in their own land is the crime……who will
get them released…?....leaders in campaign for musical chair in Srinagar………Top court decision
hailed by Modi irks local leaders along with Pakistan and China…..international law does not
acknowledge New Delhi's unilateral move to bring the region under central government control in
2019……

With the passage of time occupiers have created in occupied territories their own pawns to advance
their political agendas…..