These names represent just a handful of the Kashmiri students who travel every year across the country for education, employment, and security. Launched in 2011 with a grant of Rs1,200 crore, it funds five thousand students from the state annually. But once they leave Kashmir, these students often face vicious verbal and physical abuse. A few days later, a group of around half-a-dozen Kashmiri students at Mewar University in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, were beaten with hockey sticks at the local market. “When we took them to the hospital, a group of locals barged in and said, ‘You are all Kashmiri militants.

Source: Hindustan Times July 26, 2017 01:30 UTC