
From “Azadi” to Accommodation: The Remarkable Reinvention of Bilal Gani Lone and Kashmir’s ‘Post-Resistance’ Politics
Peerzada Masarat ShahIn the shifting script of Kashmir’s political theatre, few performances so epitomize the times as the transformation of Bilal Gani Lone. Once a frontline figure in the Hurriyat Conference, a coalition that galvanized generations with chants of “Azadi” (freedom), Lone has stepped away from separatism’s barricades to navigate the corridors of mainstream Indian…