A reverential cult of the army means no questions can ever be asked about videos showing surgical strikes and cross-LoC firing. But is there any space for peaceniks, for aman ki asha, in the prevailing hyper-nationalistic war hysteria?Yes, there is. However utopian their cause, peacemongers are better patriots than warmongers. He would have sat on a fast at Lal Chowk in Srinagar until stone-pelters and Army stopped their endless confrontation. India's patriotism has always been nonviolent and inclusive; India did not win its freedom by calling for bloodletting and death.

Source: Economic Times June 03, 2017 22:07 UTC