I agree with you. I recently spent time with my sister who got married there 25 years ago and the whole family never moved out. Kashmiri Muslims are the most secular people I have met. Unfortunately, there are elements there - like everywhere else - whose best interest is in the turmoil thriving. The Abdullah family is a case in point. They rigged the election after entering into a pact with Congress - the disgruntled youth from the losing party MMM - got treated miserably by the local police in the aftermath - five of them scurried accross the border - straight into the arms of ISI - came back with guns - became populer mainly with the common people because everyone was disillusioned with the rigging of the polls. Farooq Abdullah resigned and ran off to London fearing a mob lynching, Jagmohan - the then Governor played the Communal BJP card - resulting in the mass exodous of Pandits. Salahuddin - the leader of the political party MMM - fled to Pakistan is designed training camps where young ones even 13 year olds - from poor families were trained and given AK-47s - resulting in the current mess. Common Kashmiris know they were and are better off with India - but the leadership is either on the payroll of ISI or some other entity - hence the people can't really speak out out of fear. That my friends is the story in a nutshell.
