SRINAGAR, July 13 -- Yellow bamboo fences along with new plastic barriers are again 'adorning' the Srinagar city. Wafts of fear are in the air. Conspiracy theories galore, pedestrian arguments overlap reasoning, and quackery is defeating science and reason.
Welcome to Kashmir, where COVID lockdown has staged a comeback. In fact, the lockdown has become folklore in Kashmir. It returns every time Kashmir tries to come to grips with the situation. This time too, the lockdown has come back with a vengeance. Rightly so because healthcare infrastructure is crumbling, cases are rising and more worryingly young are falling prey to COVID induced bilateral pneumonia.
Under a lockdown for almost a year now, Kashmiris are beginning to show recklessne...