Cross-posted from my Kashmir Blog. If you know a Kashmiri who you would, just out of common courtesy, ask a question about Kashmir, a simple ' Aur Aaj Kal Waha Kay Halaat Kaisay Hai ?' but then end-up praying to your God may guy please drop dead because he wouldn't just shut up going on and on about Kashmir until you have learn't by heart all the clauses and sub-clauses in article 370 and the exact chronology of signing of the Instrument of Accession, before you even get a chance to offer your sympathies or apologies, leave alone a solution, that there, that crazy Kashmiri guy with possible terrorist looks, would have been me. Back when I was in college, the ignorance of Indians about Kashmir infuriated me and like any other good Kashmir, I took upon the charge of educating Indians about the real Kashmir. I became the resident Kashmir expert of the college, of Chai ki Dukan , of Cinema Hall, of train, of bus. You could ask m anything you want but the problem ...
