India, April 22 -- The dastardly terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, among the worst strikes on civilians in the region in years, is a pointed attempt to disrupt the return of peace and normalcy in the Valley. The high number of casualties inflicted by four frontmen of the Lashkar-e-Taiba is meant to hurt the tourism economy, which had seen unprecedented buoyancy in recent months. The first quarter of this year saw the arrival of at least 500,000 tourists in the Union Territory, a record in the past 30 years. This spike followed a peaceful and high-turnout election in September-October last year, leading to the establishment of a popular government in Srinagar. Clearly, peace and democracy was gaining the upper ...