About the Book: Marked For Life
WITH A FOREWORD BY DR FAROOQ ABDULLAH
SRINAGAR IN THE WINTER OF 1989 was an eerie ghost town witnessing the beginnings
of a war dance. The dam burst the night boys from the separatist JKLF group were
freed in exchange for the release of Rubaiya Sayeed, the Union home minister's
daughter. As Farooq Abdullah had predicted, the government's caving in
emboldened many Kashmiris into thinking that azaadi was possible. 'The price we
will have to pay' were Farooq's prophetic words. Killings were almost a daily
occurrence. Bomb explosions and firings took place close to the chief minister's
residence in the most secure