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After trouncing Karnataka on Saturday to lift the Ranji Trophy – Indian cricket’s most prestigious domestic prize – for the 2025-26 season, terrorism-ravaged and psychologically wracked Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is likely to see itself and the country through different eyes.

Equally, the country is likely to see the Union Territory through a lens of admiration and respect, due to it on multiple counts but not previously adopted, simply because India as a nation has given little evidence of comprehending what J&K has gone through since the late 1980s. The former state has been depicted in the media in a monochromatic way to suit the needs of those with authority in Delhi.

J&K has endured sustained suffering of an order few regions in the world have and has come through the crucible with shining colours. This fact alone will give countries in the region that are hostile to India and covet J&K pause. They may now need to rework their propaganda, their tactics and their politics.

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