8th September, 2008 - Valley of bandhs

Kashmir has become a valley of bandhs. The place from where the phrase 'an apple a day keeps doctor away' was coined has now become 'One bandh a day keep people away'.
After a marathon bandh, here comes another jolt. A bandh is called today by separatists in protest against Election Commission's move to decide the date for Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Now this is something that calls for no protests. Some seperatist leaders should now be given the post of Election Commissioner so that they decide the dates according to their toilet convenience. As usual shops and other business establishments, educational and semi-government institutions remained closed, while attendance in government offices was thin. All modes of transport were off the roads in Srinagar and elsewhere in the Valley and work in banks and courts was affected.