this is scary, especially since i am going to this very city in a few weeks before traveling on to kashmir. but the silver lining in all of this is that the populace is fed up and chaudhry, who is really for the people and not for the elite (of which i can include some members of my mother’s family), is back in power. let’s hope this brings some measure of stability and peace to a region that’s increasingly bringing me to the brink of despair…
