PM Modi has gone silent on Ladakh, like Manipur earlier. It’s a bigger blunder

I t has been a fortnight since four persons, including a Kargil war veteran, were killed and dozens were injured in police firing in Ladakh.

This highly sensitive border region is simmering and smouldering with frustration and rage. Heavy security deployment has ensured—for now, at least—that such sentiments don’t boil over. The man they revere the most, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, remains lodged in a Jodhpur jail under the stringent National Security Act. People of Ladakh have always been so patriotic and peace-loving. It requires special talent in our politicians to make Leh’s Tibetan Buddhists so belligerent. And a genius of a policymaker to pursue methods that run the risk of alienating the population of a sensitive border region.

So, how are those running our country dealing w