Something is changing in Kashmir. Not suddenly and dramatically. One incident at a time. One headline at a time. One video at a time. And each instance snowballs into another. A group clash here. A knife attack there. Youth fighting youth. Injuries. Arrests. Retaliation. Then another incident. And before society has time to absorb one shock, another arrives. 

This week, we were shaken by reports of the brutal assault and murder of a young girl. A child whose life had barely begun. And it left a family destroyed forever. A society left searching for answers. The immediate reaction is outrage. It should be. The law must take its course. The guilty must be punished.However, once the public anger settles, a more difficult question remains. What is happening to us? Since societies do not change overnight, violence does not suddenly emerge from nowhere. The consequences of old actions appear in the now.

For generations, Kashmir was known for many things. Civility. Respect........

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