Rajnath in Kashmir: Can he do the insaaniyat outreach?

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Rajnath Singh’s visit to Srinagar is another opportunity to transform the protracted dispute with Delhi. If he follows Atal Behari Vajpayee’s call to end violence and begin dialogue “within the parameters of humanity”, he can bring hope to a traumatised valley, as well as emerge from Narendra Modi’s shadow.