Dehradun, Aug. 6 -- It was the 6th anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 on Tuesday, and it was another day as usual in the Union Territory of J&K. The people there have more or less reconciled to this reality, which is good because the entire political construct around 'autonomy' kept the area in a contrived situation that did not allow it to psychologically merge with the rest of India. It did not give the people any greater freedom, instead imposed on them a split identity, difficult to sustain. The perpetual possibility of transforming into some other entity in the context of Pakistan had an obvious impact on the people's psychology - hence the tendency of J&K's political parties to project ideologies close or distant to the west...