Proxy war and domestic terrorism in J&K after August 2019 Jammu and Kashmir, the northern most part of India, is known to be a regular hotspot in terms of the border issues that India has faced since its independence from the British, and the partition from Pakistan. The three bordering states of Punjab, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir suffered traumatically at those times, but its only in J&K that the trauma has carried on for 73 years. A Muslim-majority region with a Hindu ruler, who was Maharaja Hari Singh, only decided to become a part of India after Pakistan had set affiliations with the Afghani tribesmen who sent thousands of their men to set base in the Kashmir mountains, and have seemingly been there ever since. The balance of the area on a social as well political basis has been deferred for far too long. Article 370, the special status given by Nehru to the state was supposed to be a temporary affair, until the articulation of its constitution, but
September 2019, a black Sedan, with a presumption of road rage by the driver, reverses into the crowds on the street, injuring some, with no deaths reported. After this so-called fit of rage, he rushes away to not get caught. Usually, we would count this as a normal reaction by the criminal to run away from the scene of the crime. The Times of India article covering this freak incident explains the scenario briefly( https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-speeding-car-ploughs-through-crowd-injures-one-in-model-town/articleshow/70947682.cms ). The comment of a person on the article drew my attention, “The mob lynches mentality in India makes the culprit run away from the accident site. Probably the fear of lynching made the motorist speed away from the site.” This to me, seemed to be as a usual case of a hit and run, which is fueled by the element of road rage. It seemed normal(but not morally) for the culprit to run away from the scene of the crime to avoid arrest