A Retired Professor Goes On Mission Kashmir newsclick.in

Is the ‘K’ word now the latest taboo word? Yes, so it seems. Today, people are too petrified to talk of the caged Kashmir and Kashmiris. If they dare to do so, then it is subtly, and when they are in a ‘safe’ company. Unfortunately, it’s the bogus hollow-heads who are parroting the government’s Hindutva line, trickling down that typical Hindutva agenda into the very psyche of the hundreds and thousands.

Mind you, people who have not even set foot in the Kashmir Valley and, therefore, have not witnessed the dark ground realities of the place, are the ones who are talking the loudest in favor of the inhuman government tactics unleashed on the civilian masses in the Valley.

Here, in the capital city, New Delhi, if anyone tries to argue with the facts and figures then they do so at their own risk. Here, for example, are details of what VK Tripathi went through last week. This retired New Delhi-based professor of physics at IIT, Delhi, who also runs the Sadbhav Mission for communal harmony, and who is an internationally-known professor as well, travels extensively; holding talks, giving lectures, distributing fliers on his views and mission.