She said once gun makes inroads in a society, then the meaning of 'azadi' is lost. Whenever the situation becomes little better in J&K, tourism starts, work begins, something or the other happens which creates problems in normal functioning," Mehbooba said. They were waiting for a reason, a chance to put the state back into that fire in which it was always. They understand that the kind of freedom Kashmir is enjoying today is not there even in Islamic countries like Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey and Pakistanis. When gun enters a country, it is no more free, no matter how much it claims to be free."

Source: Times of India August 22, 2016 15:18 UTC