India, April 23 -- 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 Lashkar-e-Taiba frontmen 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 a record number of tourists in the Union territory. 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 hand in the restive region, and the attack is an attempt to pull it back to the dark days of militancy of the 90s....