Many worry about the rise in the anti-Indian sentiment that seems to be taking over the youth. Many people retaliated against the killings of four men on July 18 by the Indian Border Forces; a day of protests against an alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.

The youths say that they cannot fight without any weapons and that may be the last resort to fight against India's rule.

There is no one to conduct a dialogue or even initiate a debate among the people that can lead to a political solution. Most of the pro-freedom leaders are either under house arrest or languishing in jails. On the other hand the number of fatalities has gone up drastically. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, 42 members of Indian forces have been killed so far this year. This when the India is already battling upswing at the LoC with Pakistan. Many laws like accessing limited SMS and internet and the presence of military and police forces in the Valley have curbed the freedom of the individuals.

Politicians are quick and warn that if the situation is left unchecked it could get out of hand. Some activists go back to 2010 and point out that radical opinion set in after over a 120 young protesters mostly teenagers were killed and a campaign of arbitrary detention had kicked off. An Indian security source close to the anti-militant operations says that the anger against the police is justified because of the abuse of rights.  While many are hopeful of the day Kashmir will be independent of India and Pakistan, the youth in the valley refuse to back down.

Many youth after seeing those cases including Aasiya Neolofar 2009, Markundal Killings, Gool Killings etc, where no one was booked also changed their minds to take arms against Indian regime.


with inputs from Reuters.