In May 2025, I had the opportunity of visiting India’s high commission in Central London, just weeks after the Islamist terror attack in Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent tourists. Whilst I was there, I listened to harrowing testimonies of those that had lost friends or family as a result of terrorism in India’s disputed Kashmir region. Having never been to India or Pakistan, I was certainly no expert on the conflict between the countries, yet I started to see a parallel reality.

Almost day-after-day, pro-Pakistan protestors, including students from my university, gathered outside India’s high commission, in protest of its ‘occupation’ of Kashmir and its government. There was no sympathy for the innocent lives stolen that day. Not even a minute of silence. It was just straight condemnations of India, its government and its policies. I found this to be almost identical to how many in the pro-Palestine movement acted in........

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