The Kashmir Show.

The Indian government cannot hold together the farce of peace in Kashmir much longer. While the DGISPR is allowing for international journalists to visit Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian side is busy pretending nothing is wrong and orchestrated a stage-managed show in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), inviting far-right European leaders to visit the tumultuous region on Tuesday. This invitation was extended in a personal capacity and those in attendance are not an official delegation.

What these parliamentarians will see is obviously going to be heavily curated by the Indian state - with access to telephone and the internet still severely limited in IOK and the curfew still in full force for the past eighty days - there is not much to see except what the Indian states wants to be seen. Add that to the fact that the Indian administration refused to cancel the board examinations of students in IOK, even though most have been boycotting schools entirely for the past two months, tells us that India is trying hard to make things look like they are normal.

27 European leaders from predominantly far right or extreme right-wing parties have been handpicked for this trip - in all likelihood due to their hardline views - which is only indicative of the falseness of the Indian narrative. Islamophobia continues to be a cornerstone of the European far-right movement and the fact that the Modi...