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Corona knows no god or goddess. It kills regardless of any person’s religion, caste or creed. It is a disease wreaking havoc in unimaginable ways. Yet, what is ironic is the way some select few humans use the situation to manipulate, cheat and deceive other humans to ensure their own survivability. One year since the onslaught, there is now the second wave of corona spread and the numbers have increased to colossal figures. India ranks number two in the world behind America and it has no impact on the Government in its seriousness to combat Corona Virus. Here is the problem with India, on one hand for all it has is a Government filled with old folks who care only about power and politics, and on the other hand there is a flock of sheep that would jump into the well at the mere saying of the people who run the Government. Sandwiched between these two powerhouses are the minority (in terms of people who are educated) who really have an opinion and are of any material value for upholdin...

  Since 1947, the former kingdom of beautiful and alluring Kashmir has remained unsettled. Throughout historical times, the Kashmir Valley experienced peaceful contemplation and intellectual advancements. But why Kashmir became a center of warfare rather than being a center for cultural and regional development? What led an insurgency took place in Kashmir? How Pakistan influenced and gained the support of a few Kashmiri people? Despite being a home to various ethnic and religious groups, how the aspirations and sentiments of the people of Kashmir got no prominence? Kashmir did not have a single past. This article is an attempt to cover the historical timeline of a disputed Kashmir and to cover the journey of Kashmir becoming the Ethno-nationalist assertion from a peaceful and happy valley. There are two propagated pre-1947 histories of the Kashmir Valley. ·        The first, recounted by the minority Kashmiri Pandits, talk of the butchery execut...