Srinagar, Dec. 29 -- Kashmir today is ruled less by governance and more by timelines. Its loudest politics unfolds not in secretariats, power stations or employment offices, but on Twitter/X - a space where outrage is cheap, slogans are abundant, and accountability is permanently offline. Otherwise, how would someone's dropping of a title from X generate so much noise? Hurriyat was an ideology; it didn't work, it died; so did the title. What is so great or not so great about it? Kashmir's leaders, pseudo-leaders, and media love to be a cesspool of stagnation.

Still, every morning, a familiar ritual plays out. A Kashmiri politician tweets. Another reacts. A third "clarifies." A fourth accuses. Supporters amplify. Opponents counter. By eve...