The Kashmiri politician is also likely to snap out of the current emotive rejection of an open economic policy in the region, and see the benefits of such changes in the law that encourage outside investment. In the long run one could hope that the politics in the state will be based on the concept of circumscribed power, a system of checks and balances. It is then that the resolution of the Kashmir problem will become possible. We must also see the events in Kashmir foreshadowing revolts elsewhere in India. There has developed a great divide between the bureaucracy and the people.
Deep frustrations find expression in terms of religious, linguistic or ethnic vocabulary.
I remember vividly a very sad incident in Srinagar in 1986 that illustrates the collapse of civic order long before the revolt. I was riding a bus from Hazratbal to Lal Chowk. It happened to be a government bus with an old driver. We were followed by a private bus on the same route trying to pass us but the road was very narrow. Eventually, the private bus did overtake us as the street widened and it suddenly screeched to a halt.