Kashmir is the land of wonders. The attack shows that it is also a cradle of despair.

Kashmir is many things. From the disputed borders, India and Pakistan fought for more than three quarters of a century, making it one of the most torn and torn areas of the world in the world. It is the dream of the Alps in Bollywood, and its legendary beauty and shocks provides harvest for stories of love, longing and war.

Since 2019, when the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from India has tightened its grip on the Indian part of Kashmir, promising security and economic development, a hot point in tourism attracted millions of visitors annually. In the government’s account of progress, Kashmir is a bright success.

The people of the region have their own story. It is one of the alienation festivals – its amplification A terrible terrorist attack last week in Kashmir After years of living under the eyes of the watchful security forces while depriving many democratic rights.

The Indian forces have launched a large -scale aggressive of the murderers, which resembles the collective punishment of many in the Islamic majority region. The authorities have Thousands of Kashmiris were detained To interrogate and demolish the homes of at least 10 people accused of the attack.

“We have been treated as a suspect,” said Sheikh Amer, a lawyer in North Kashmir. “Whenever something happens, they all punish us.”

India said that the terrorist attack, which killed 26 wild people near Paalgam, had “across border links”, ” This means that its neighbor is involved in Pakistan. Pakistan officials, who deny any role in the attack, said on Wednesday that they discovered signs that India is preparing to take revenge military measures.

India did not comment on its military planning, but Mr. Modi condemned the attackers and promised to “demolish” safe terrorist havens. Analysts said that air strikes from India along the border, or even penetrating into Pakistani territory, are possible.

These developments spread fear among the Kashmiris, many of whom felt isolated from the rest of India, where the right -wing Hindus distorted and drew them as an aggressor.

Since the terrorist attack – which was all with the exception of one of the Hindu tourists – the Hindu nationalists, including officials of the Mr. Modi party, used the attack on their demon expansion of Muslims. This included the attack or Kashmiri students harassing Study in other parts of the country. Many said that they gather in their rooms in a state of panic.

“The attack on Kashmir quickly has become a collective phobia,” said Rohan Gunarata, an expert in international terrorism.

Before the massacre, Kashmir was in a period of relative calm since the Indian government brought the region under its direct control, which led to the removal of the semi -embedded forts in the constitution of India and the move to thousands of forces.

But the Indian government also claimed that it brought normal life to the region, some Kashmiris expressed their anger at what they called false propaganda.

Sumantra Boss, a scientist and political author who studied Kashmir, said that the normal life in Kashmir was always “superficial and misleading.” He described life in the region as a “realistic hybrid from Orwellian and Cavakisk”.

Experts say that the motive behind local grievances in the first place began the rebellion in part of the Kashmir in the eighties, as it eventually supports Pakistan and twists some groups. The attacks by Hindu armed groups are often targeted. Migration From the minority community from Kashmir.

The idea that rebel clothes – that Kashmir should be an independent country or join Pakistan – faded because the Kashmiris have abandoned the idea of ​​separatism to a large extent.

A friend of Wahid, a professor of humanities and social sciences at the University of Chef Naddar near Delhi, said that the militancy was “replaced with a deep depth of the Kashmiri regime.”

Analysts said that clouds, along with the brutal armed forces that show a little mercy for the innocent Cashmelis in their search for violence, could make it easier for new armed groups to appear. Analysts said it could push the drunk Kashmiris to look away from armed activities.

“Only villagers should direct their heads and not to report at all,” said the terrorist expert. “So they close their eyes.”

A cry that followed the Indian forces The young leader killed the banned Islamic dress In 2016, there was evidence that there may be “negative support” of militancy, said Mr. Gunaratna.

But the Indian government has become satisfied because they “bought their arrogance.” Less than three weeks before the attack near Paalgam, Amit Shah, India Minister of India, said that the Modi government “had paralyzed” the “entire ecosystem that sponsored elements against our country” in Kashmir.

Mr. Gunarata said that the attack was a huge security end of the government that strongly promoted Kashmir as a dream destination for tourists, believing that “the gunmen will not attack tourists because they are an integral part of the local economy.”

About 10 million people live on the Indian side of Kashmir, approximately 90 percent of them are Muslims, according to the 2011 census. It is the only Muslim majority region in the country.

India and Pakistan draw a demand for Kashmir, but each of them controls part of it. They fought multiple wars on the ground.

India’s defensive position means the continuous existence of the military and unitary forces in Kashmir who effectively transformed the area into a police state.

Analysts say there can be up to 500,000 Indian soldiers in Kashmir. The armed forces often use the excessive force to expel the Kashmiri militants. Thousands of innocent Kashmiris died during demolition and shooting. Others were kidnapped, disappeared or killed in “meetings”, or outside the judiciary. The government’s estimates have put the number of deaths at 45,000, but human rights groups say they are much higher.

More than a few dozen of terrorism -related deaths are not reported every year, according to the data of the terrorist gate in South Asia. The armed attacks in Kashmir and shooting along the disputed border from the headlines moved to the footnotes.

But the components of the most obvious return of terrorism in Kashmir have been adopting in the past few years, according to analysts. The Modi government’s tactics, including the abolition of limited self -rule in the region, caused discontent in society.

The laws of the new lands that were enacted after 2019 allowed non -residents to buy property in Kashmir for the first time in decades. Although the government said the laws were aimed at increasing investment, many Kashmiris saw it an attempt to change demography in the region.

There was also an increase in censorship, including the liberal use of laws to prevent public communities or other events in the name of public safety.

Kashmir has become a famous tourist destination for the Indians because of the famous lakes and horse riding, and also because it was an essential part of India’s political identity for a long time.

Ash Hussain, a resident of Bahmam, said, but in the pictures of strangers and photographs of Kashmir, the local residents were pushed to almost out of the frame. “People have been used just backgrounds,” he added.

The lawyer, North Kashmir, said after the terrorist attack last week, the real Kashmiris appeared. With the absence of the security forces, they were the first to reach the help of the injured, and people all over Wadi Kashmir expressed their solidarity with the victims and their families.

He said: “There is mourning in every home, yet we are still considered enemies.”

Pragarti kilo by The reports contributed.