To write a politically correct account of my trip to Jammu & Kashmir will be an
Elephantine task including lots of research and analysis which is clearly beyond my limits, hence I’ll just stick to facts based on experiences.
My initial reaction when father said we are going to J&K was of surprise closely followed by wariness , having heard of countless bits & pieces of terror stories(half of which might be rumors, but then terror stories are like ghost stories ,either you believe it or not, is entirely your business unless of course you experience it which god forbid never happens!!) about POE(Paradise on earth) & seen the more recent bollywood movies on those incidents I was a bit wary about the level of security over there.
That said and done I packed my bags with the characteristic enthusiasm of human beings when they embark on a new seemingly exciting journey no matter how risky it is and went to the airport to start my 9 day vacation. I had no idea what to expect because I knew next to nothing about J&K, Vaishno Devi temple & all , though I have had my fair share of traveling within India thanks to my parents and their usual zeal for adventure within their limits.
The thought of going to J&K itself was a big taboo, the fact that terrorism is at bay in that state is of no consequence, no matter however secure that place is it’s reputation of terror seemed to hold on to peoples minds. I will not be vacuous enough to mislead people into believing that there are no problems there or vice versa, I’ll be just stating whatever I experienced over there in the following days.
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