"Smoke. onlysmoke smoke everywhere" "Smoke. onlysmoke smoke everywhere" "In these winds of conspiracies" "In these storms of intrigue" "This hallowed earth of the gods" "Has been bloodied" "We hear no more the sacred cal!" "of the conch" "And no more the cal!" "to the faithful" "Alas. my land is cursed" "Why are these people ﬂeeing?" "Why are these homes burning?" "Smoke. onlysmoke" "Smoke everywhere" "Who split fire" "On these tender fields of grass?" "A desperate longing for life ls written on every corpse" "This is a battle for power" "A war between politicians" "The blood of innocents is the color used" "To draw borders" "Between our hearts" "Stop, Gurdeep." "Don't move, don't breathe." "Why, Sir-ii?" "Look, look ahead." "Do you see anything?" "Dead bodies, anything?" "No." "Sir-iii" " Somebody blew up an empty shilran." "Idiot!" "What are you standing on?" "A plank." "Sir-pl" " And uncle-r it?" "Some wires, Sir-jr'." " Want to know what it is, Sir-j}?" "You're standing on an IED, a bomb." "Know what'll happen if you move?" "You will be in bits." "Head there, legs here." "I'm sorry, sir-jr'." " Fool!" "You run ahead of your wits." "Avinash, every-one out." "Out.'" " Come on, out.'" "Avinash, out!" " Yes, sir." "Scared, Gurdeep?" " I'm remembering my God, Sir-iii" "Sir-ff?" " Yes." "I need to pee." "So, pee." "Without moving." "Done?" " Yes, Si r-ili" "Feel lighter?" " Yes, Sir-ii." "Good." "Nowjump so fast that before the bomb bursts... you hit the water." " I can't swim, Sir-ii." "Then you're done for, Sir-iii" " Really, Sir-ii?" "I can't save you." " You are saying this, Sir-ii?" "No way out?" " None." "Avinash." " Yes, sir." "Tell all these men to step back." "Ifsomething happens, sir" " Take care of this." "It's not police property, it's my own." "Move!" "Come, Gurdeep." "You're great, sir." "No talk of my greatness to Nilu, okay?" "Yes, sir." " Go." "Why must you be the hero always?" "lfsomething had happened" "What could I do?" "Let my man die?" "Ifnot ofyourself." "think of Ne-elima and Irfan." "If Ne-elima finds out." "she'll hang you." "Not me." "You!" "Me?" "Why?" " Why weren't you at lrhn': birthday?" "You Know what a doctor's life is." "With this new spate of firecrackers in Kashmir... a dozen or so like you show up daily to be treated." "Present this defense to Neelima." "You are to come to Sunday lunch." "That's her fatwa." "Yet another fatwa to be observed." "This is the season of fatwas." "There's one issued by Malik-ul-Khan:" "Any doctor who treats a policeman will be transferred to God" "I'll kill Malik-ul-Khan a hundred times before he dares to touch you." "For now, protect your life by being on time for Sunday's lunch." "Come, Avinash." "Allah!" "Your heart is going boom boom." "Pardon my insolence, Madam Doctor, my heart isn't there." "It is here." "Where's this sound coming from?" "My stomach growling with hunger." "As if I'm keeping you hungry." "Dinner's ready." "Eat first." "I'll tell the patients that Doctor-saab will be with them shortly." "No, it could be an emergency." "Greetings, Dr. Akhtar." " Please come in." "The patient should sit here." "What's the problem?" "What can I say, Doctor-saab?" "A strange passion has overcome me." "I know neither hunger nor thirst." "Only one word rings in my ears:" "freedom, freedom, freedom." "Look, I'm a doctor." "In this matter how am I to help you?" "You could have, but you didn't." "I am saddened that educated people like you... treat Kashmifs independence with such indifference." "Sorry, have we met before?" "You don't recognize me?" " No." "You don't recognize me?" "Look." "He's Malik-ul-Khamyou traitor." "It's his home." "Let it be." "So you didn't recognize me but you knew of my fatwa." "Then why did you treat SSP Khan?" "I'm a doctor." "To treat the ill is my duty." "Duty." "See what Dr. Akhtar made me do?" "I walked 4U miles to meet him." "If I took no action... then people would say..." "Malik-ul-Khanjust talks... the way politicians do." "He doesn't act." "What could I do?" "Kashmifs independence demands sacrifices." "Man'.!" "Yes, Mrs. Khan." "What are you doing up there?" "Come down." "Okay, I will." " lrhn, what are you doing?" "I'm coming down." " Not that way-- go inside." "You told me to come down so that's what I'm doing." "From inside!" "Irfan, please." " Don't worry, Ammi." "I'm strong." "You'll fall, son." " I won't, Ammi." "No, son, go in." ""Fin!" "' Ammi:!" "Irfan, open your eyes." " I'm all right." "Talk to me, son." " I'm fine, Ammi." "Are you okay, son?" "Khan-saab, Khan-saab,." "He's fine. lt'sjust a bruise-- the doctor will tend to it." "The doctor refuses to even touch him." "Doctor, my son lrhn." " I'm sorry..." "Malik-ul-Khan': fame..." "You're safe." "I'll see that the whole police force protects you." "Please treat my son." "You know Dr. Akhtafs fate." "I can't take the risk." "Malik-ul-Khan" "Before Malik-ul-Khan gets to you, I'll kill you myself!" "You may kill me, sir." "At least my family will be saved." "They don't even spare wives and children." "' Y9 "h" °pen "fin! "r eyes." "What are you doing?" "Where's the ICU?" " Straight ahead, first right." "He's not opening his eyes!" "Nobody here!" "Where are the doctors?" "Nurse!" "Nurse!" "Where are the doctors?" " Nobody's on duty, sir." "Please do something." " Nothing will happen, nothing." "Doctor, my son's badly hurt." "He fell from a height and injured his head." "Please check him." "Sir, the fatwa?" "Everything will be fine." "I'm sorry, Mr. Khan." "What happened?" " Nothing." "What's happened to my son?" "Why did you turn off the light?" "Nurse, put on the light!" "Put the lights on!" "Please wake him." "Please." "Sleep. my lovely moonchild Sleep. my prince" "Come to the world of dreams" "The sleep fairies are here wearing anklets on their feet" "On their soft wings" "They')!" "waft you away" "For a stroll in a country ofgold" "Our informer says Malik-ul-Khans men were seen near Hazratbal last evening." "Today, not long ago, they moved north in shikaras." "There's a wedding in this village." "If he stops there tonight. we can cover him from here. cordon him off... approach over the water and get him." "I'm certain that Malik-ul-Khan will spend the night in this village." "Bumblebee. dark-hued bumblebee" "What garden do you come from?" "Where is Altaaf?" " Over there." "Bumblebee. dark-hued bumblebee" "What garden do you come from?" "Altaaf, you here alone?" "I'm dancing there and you are painting here?" "The song will be over soon." "Come, Altaaf." "Or I won't talk to you." "Come on, you can paint at any time." "Come on." "What are you looking at. son?" "The guns?" "Who is this drenched prince?" "My son, Altaaf." "Altaaf." "I'm Sufi." "Sufiya Fame-z." "What's your name?" "You don't know me?" "Malik-ul-Khan is my name-- soldier for Kashmifs independence." "You've heard of me, yes?" " Sufi, go home. it's late." "But Altaafand I" " Listen to your elders." "Go." "Child, come here." "Come to me." "Come." "Sit." "What areyou looking at?" "It's called a Kalashnikov, child." "These are all toys." "There's great fun in this game." "Want to PW?" "No?" "Come, play." " No." "No?" "Come here, kids." " What is it?" "Come quickly." "Here, firecrackers." " Give me some." "Me too." " Sure, here." "I'll set off the first one." " No." "I will." "Let's all do it together." "The food is really tasty." "You cooked so well out of love for us or in fear ofour guns?" "It's the wedding." "They' re setting off crackers." "We were invited, too." "Instead, we are guests at Nazir Hassan's without being asked." "Ammz} can we go out to play?" " Absolutely not." "Let them, madam." "In thejoy ofchildren we hear nature's laughter." "Go, children, play." "Brother, I forgot my doll." "I blindly killed whoever came in my way." "Who was a militant, who was not, I couldn't see anything." "You didn't do it knowingly." "In your place, maybe I'd have done the same." "I sometimes think... why did I pull at that vine?" "If I had let him play... today lrfan would be here, with us." "I took his life with my own hands." "Ikilled him." "Not knowingly, Nilu." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Where is that boy?" "Can't we bring him home?" "He didn't see you." "He was staring at me." "Your face was covered by a mask." "Anyone could be behind that mask." "Anybody." "Not you." "Listen." "God has given us an opportunity." "He'll find a home and we... we'll find our son." "We'll find our son, but how?" "Through a lie?" "Through deceit?" "By hiding from him thatl killed his mother and father?" "That I robbed him ofeverything?" "What are you saying?" " We'll only have to lie ifhe asks." "At least bring him home." "What he's lost, I'll restore to him." "I'll love him more... than I loved lrfan." "More than his own parents did." "He won't lack anything." "And we won't deceive him." "When he's older, able to understand, we'll tell him the truth-- everything." "Please." "Bring him here." "The child's traumatized, hasn't spoken for two days." "Or eaten either." "No one survived." "He's in deep shock-- can't hear anything, either." "Where's the boy?" " Locked in the cell." "You hold a child in a celLyou fool?" "Sorry, Sir-ii." "Altaaf." "Let's go, son." "What's your name?" "If you don't tell us, you think we won't find out?" "Altaafis your name, right?" "Come, I'll show you your room." "Altaaf, eat some coconut biscuits." "Khan-saab brought them." "He used to bring coconut biscuits every day." "My son loved them." "He'd run to the door to grab them." "Morning to evening, he'd play cricket in the garden." "Not stopping even when I called him in for dinner." "He'd say, "I'll eat later."" "He'd say, "Ammz;" "let me play or I'll run away."" "Now he's run so far away that he'll never come back." "I'm hungry." "Let's eat." "Here, let me." "What was his name?" "Man." "Is this his shirt?" "Did he sit here?" "No." "Here." "Near me." "Sleep. my lovely moonchild Sleep. my prince" "Come to the world of dreams" "The sleep fairies are here wearing anklets on their feet" "On their soft wings" "They')!" "waft you away" "For a stroll in a country ofgold" "These beauties who dazzle heaven" "In their landyou')!" "be a guest" "And they')!" "tell you new stories and dance and sing with you" "Sleep. my lovely moonchild Sleep. my prince" "Come to the world of dreams" "The sleep fairies are here wearing anklets on their feet" "On their soft wings" "They')!" "waft you away" "For a stroll in a country ofgold" "Then?" "I just slipped into sleep." "We aren't able to forget lrfan." "Altaaf is a child." "How can he forget what happened?" "He won't- until we put aside our grief." "It's not that easy, Nilu." " Maybe, but... it's not forgotten." "It's just hidden." "Sweet, isn't he?" "He was just five months old." "However much I combed his hair, it never stayed in place." "Madcap!" "Far from this earth somewhere across the seven seas" "Amidst distant skies is the world of dreams" "That is the land oflove where there is love. only love" "My darling moon. go there The fairies are waiting for you" "I kept this for you to see." "Sweet, isn't it?" "A snow-covered field, a wooden bridge, a pink house." "Why is your name Neelima?" "Why not?" "My mother gave it to me." "But it's a Hindu name." " Yes." "She is a Hindu." "Then how did you get married?" "Like everyone else." "Come here." "Ifhe-r name wasn't Ne-elima but Salma." "would she be different?" "I loved her and I married her, not her name or her religion." "Was I wrong?" "Did I do something wrong?" " No." "You're out." "Go and bowl, kid." "Abbak cheating, Ammi." "You're out." "Give me the bat." "You're out." "What did you say?" " You're cheating." "Before that." " You're out." "Let go!" "What did you tell Ammi?" " To Ammi?" "That you're cheating." " Before that, Altaaf." "Why do you keep asking?" "Let go." "Abba. bow"!" "Abba, whose face are you gawking at?" "Abba. bow"!" "No, I'm not out!" "Do you know anything about cricket?" "I'm not out, I tell Ammi." "You're out. son." " I won't talk to you anymore." "Ammz} tell Abba to bowl." "Where are you lost?" "Altaafs been asking you to bowl." "Abba, bowl-- go on!" "Today he called me Abba." "Six months after calling me Ammi." "So what?" "At least he said Abba." "You know, when he said that, I remembered lrfan." "And then?" "You arrived." "Then?" "Then?" "Then... it's the first time we've gone out leaving Altaaf by himself." "I wonder if he's eaten or not." "He must have." "Don't worry." " We're very late." "Maybe he's sleeping." "Next time, we'll take him with us." "Nilu, my revolver?" "What are you doing?" "L-lilal. l-lilal Kohistani." "And he is Hamid." " Rampuria." "No, sir." "I'm from Muradabad." "Both are in India, anyway." "They say that in Afghanistan... when the Soviets heard your name, they ﬂed their tanks?" "Forget names." "Talk ofwork." "Mission Kashmir." "This task" " Will be done." "Price?" " Don't worry about money." "You execute our mission and we'll pay any price you demand." "Since 1947, all the attacks on India have been government-organized." "We owe allegiance to no government." "We're an independent group." "We are soldiers for freedom." "More Muslims live in India than in Pakistan." "Once our mission succeeds, they too will join us in ourjihad." "And our unknown group will become the most illustrious... of mujahideen militia the world over." "In 1971, India changed the map ofAsia." "Now, we'll change the shape oflndia." "A great victory entails a great sacrifice." "The reward is great too, God willing." "Ten million... dollars." "Twenty million." "To give money forjihad is as virtuous as giving aims." "But... even the name of this mission can't go beyond these walls, Hilal." "Secrets buried in a Pathan's heart don't emerge even onjudgment Day." "You take care of your people." "We've organized arms and ammunition." "TV camera, tapes and technical support will be provided as needed." "If you need anything else" "I need a man who isn't afraid ofdeath." "Who so despises his own existence... that I can fire him like a missile... to destroy the target and himself." "A man like that"?" " I have such a man." "My child..." "Altaaf." "And where is your Altaaf now?" "Crossing the border into India." "Don't take my life." "I don't want your life-- onlyyourjeep and wireless." "And..." "Thank you." "I'm from the BSF check post to meet SSP Khan." "You mean IG, saab?" "Upstairs, to the right." "Thank you." "The SPF-Anny coordination meeting is postponed." "Go to Kothibag station and meet the officer there." "I'm here to meet IG Khan." " Yes, sir." "Who was he?" " A BSF guy, sir." "They're ten years behind the times." "Calls IG Khan" " SSP Khan!" "SSP Khan?" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "You okay?" " Double-okayJust a graze, Sir-iii" "Why are you sitting in the dark?" "What happened?" "Altaafis back." "Altaaf?" "Where is he?" "How is he?" "He must have grown up." "How does he look?" "I didn't see him." " Why?" "He was wearing a mask." "Mask?" "He was the man... who shot at me today." "How do you know it was Altaaf?" "His eyes, the same eyes." "He's a child-- blinded by anger." "His heart is broken." " I know, Nilu." "I'm the one who broke it." "Stand straight, all of you." "You all look likeyou're real Indian soldiers." "Kabus,you look good." "Cut the-jokes." "Can'tyou see I'm working?" "Later." "Hey, Number-man." " Yes?" "Change vehicles, not just number-plates, or you'll get caught one day." "Kahvah?" "(Kashmiri tea)" "No, thank you." "Bilal, Kahvah?" "Sadiq, Kahvah?" " Don't want any." "Altaaf-bhm} Kahvah for you?" "It's not imitation Muzafarbad stuff." "It's from Ghafoofs own hands." "Drink it and be renewed." "Muhammed, Kahvah?" " Later." "Mushtaq, got a letter?" "First, they shamed my mother." "I picked up a gun and came here." "Now across the border they have done the same with my sister." "Courage, Mushtaq." " Bashir, Kahvah?" "No." "Hashm." "Kahvah?" "I don't want your Kahvah!" " You like nothing, man." "Sadiq, why do you keep weeping?" "Instead of boring athletics, watch some song and dance." "Khan on TV." "Altaaf-bhal} Khan on TV." "I want to tell those misguided young men just this." "Throw awayyour guns... and return to your homes." "Because we don?" "want any Kashmiri mother... to suffer the loss of a son again." "But the uniforms of the police are stained with blood too." "Khan-saab,." "If our police force picks up guns, it is only to save Kashmir." "lune 23. 1989." "Dalgate." "Your task force killed a whole family to nab one militant." "A six-year old girl was also killed Do you recall that, sir?" "When bullets are flying at you, you are forced to fire back." "That's all I have to say." "Thank you." "Mr. Khan." "We were talking to Kashmir!" "1G ofPolice. lnayat Khan... who was recently the target of a terrorist attack,." "From "Kashmir Today." lam Sufiya Parvez." "Sufi." "This is the Srinagar Center of All India Radio, and I am Sufiya Parvez." "Altaaﬂ What are you doing there?" "The program's starting and you-- lfwe are all in the program, who'll watch?" "All right, don't come!" "Forget it!" "Today, on our musical program... you'll hear the Kashmiri folk song "Bumblebee?" "Bumblebee. dark-hued bumblebee" "I've come to meet Sufiya Parvez." "What garden do you come from?" "Take offthejacket." "Bumblebee. dark-hued bumblebee" "What garden do you come from?" "Bumblebee. black bumblebee" "You bring happiness with you" "On this wedding night you come bearing gifts" "You bring the color ofkohl to ward off the evil eye" "From gardens you bring ﬂowers to adorn our lanes" "Yes. you bring the color ofkohl to ward off the evil eye" "From gardens you bring ﬂowers to adorn our lanes" "Come, let's sing in the shadow of the henna tree" "Bumblebee!" "Let's sway and dance." "play music. celebrate." "Bumblebee!" "The henna has bloomed red like ﬂowers on these fair palms" "Yes. the henna has bloomed red like ﬂowers on these fair palms" "This is the color ofsunlight the color of shadows" "This is not the color ofhenna it's the color of a mothers blessing" "The color of this henna is true AH others are false" "May this color never fade from your hands" "Bumblebee. dark-hued bumblebee" "What garden do you come from?" "Bearing the wishes of the heart in the palanquin of the moon" "This night ofhenna has come lit bya heavenly light" "Bearing the wishes of the heart in the palanquin of the moon" "This night ofhenna has come lit bya heavenly light" "On the faces of the bride '5 friends is the glow of dreams" "They all asked for blessings which the Lord gladly gave" "Is this henna on our hands or the red glow ofevening?" "Bearing the wishes of the heart in the palanquin of the moon" "This night ofheaven has come lit bya heavenly light" "On the faces of the bride '5 friends is the glow of dreams" "They all asked for blessings which the Lord gladly gave" "Is this henna on our hands or the red glow ofevening?" "Bringing the moon and the stars this miraculous night comes" "who're you?" "Why are you here?" " You called me." "Me?" "When did I call you?" "Some nine or ten years ago." "How quicklyyou forget." "Nine or ten years ago?" "I said, "lfwe are all in the program, who'll watch?"" "Forgive me, Sufi, I'm a little late in coming." "Altaaf?" "This is Sufiya Fame-E's office." "Like it?" "Lovely, yes?" "Srinagar TV's director was chiefguest at my college's annual function." "Like everyone, he loved my dancing." "On stage, he handed me the first prize... and began chatting with me." "He said..." ""Sufi, you have as much zip in your talk as zap in your dance."" "I said, "That's true."" "He said, "Why not work at our TV station?" I said yes, so here I am." "From that day on, Srinagar TV is Sufiya Parvez!" "Stop staring at yourself and look at this." "Abba and Ammi,." "They looked all over for you." "When they couldn't find you... they told me that" "But I never believed them." "Because I knew that as long as..." "Shankracharya temple and Hazratbal mosque were intact... nothing could happen to my Altaaf." "Still standing?" "Why don't you sit?" "Sir, this is Sufiya Parvefs chair." "Tell me, where did you go off to?" "I didn't go anywhere." "The police took me." "T B m.?" "An orphanage." "Then a police officer took me home as his adopted son." "Why didn'tyou visit me?" "I was going to, but that very week he was transferred to Assam." "Why didn'tyou write to me?" "I wrote many letters... some on paper, some in my heart." "But I couldn't post them." "Why?" "No post office in your Assam?" "I was afiaid." "What if there was no reply?" "Then?" "I'd have thought that you" "That Sufi had died and gone to heaven?" "Even ifl'd gone to heaven, I'd have left you my address." "There's another place people go to besides heaven" "To hell?" "I'd never go there." "You worry about yourself." "Show me your hand." "My hand?" "I won't bite it, I'll just read it." "Don't read it." "Do you fearyour coming tomorrows?" "No, my desolate yesterdays- my hell." "Why talk like that?" "Now that you're here, I'll take you back... to our childhood, in a shikara." "And heaven will return." "You also used to run, Sadiq?" "Cross-country." "No one was faster than me in the entire valley... perhaps in all oflndia." "But I couldn't run for Kashmir." "Why?" "Because..." "I couldn't run faster than a bullet." "Stop it, guys, it's midnight." "Sorry, Zubair-bhaz} I was watching the race." "Patience." "I'll shoot your face." "out it on the winner's body." "You can watch that endlessly and be happy." "Now be quiet." "Zubair-bhaz} you sleep with your camera beside you?" "Why not?" "Don't you sleep with your missile?" "You're an expert at missiles." "I'm expert with films." "Wars aren't won only by missiles." "They' re won by cameras too." "HOW?" "You'll see my miracles when we win our great victory." "Now sleep, pal." "Good night, Altaaf-bhai." " Good night, Sadiq." "Altaaﬂ What's wrong?" "Nothing." "You're hiding something." " Hiding?" "No." "Sir, my name is Sufiya Parvez and nobody can hide anything from me." "Sufi, believe me, I'm not hiding anything." "Oh, go on, tell me." "Give your tragedy to me, sir." "Sufi, today, after ten years you are sitting in front of me, near me... but I can't feel your presence." "After ten years, I am in a shikara... but I don't feel anything." "There is such beauty all around... but I can't see it." "What do you see?" "I see smoke everywhere." "In the smoke, bullets fired blindly." "People dying." "Their screams." "Corpse-s. shards ofﬂe-sh and bone." "Look with my eyes, Altaaf." "Listen with my ears." "Listen to the sound of the oars." "Listen quietly to the beat of this moment m this moment is life Al!" "of it" "The world ofdreams is right here Look with my eyes" "Listen quietly to the beat of this moment m this moment is life Al!" "of it" "The world of dreams is right here" "Look with my eyes" "The dense smoke ls parting" "The fog is lifting" "Look. now the light ofheaven" "Falls everywhere" "The glowing earth. the blue sky" "A shikara ﬂoating on the waters" "The world of dreams is right here" "I saw it with your eyes" "Listen quietly to the beat of this moment" "Love has worked its strange magic on me" "My gaze doesn't move from your face" "Nobody is here but us Nobody is close" "Only this knowledge oflove" "A sudden gust of fragrance perfumes us" "And we know nothing. nothing but us" "Faraway the wedding music sounds and memory becomes a bride" "Andonyourchestlrestmyhead lrestmyhead" "The world of dreams is right here" "I looked with your eyes" "The dense smoke ls parting" "The fog is lifting" "Look. now the light ofheaven" "Falls everywhere" "Time,jihad and death wait for no man." "Day after tomorrow." " Not day after, but tomorrow." "Tomorrow is IG Khan's birthday." "Yes." "And this is his present?" "Yes." "Sadiq, hold this." "Now we have to get this map to IG Khan... so that he musters all his forces here at Chinar Baug... and our work up here will be easy." "A good plan, child." "But how will you get there?" "I've taken care of that." "I even went there today." "HOW?" "With the help of a friend." "Duringjihad, a warrior only has friendships with men, child." "Women are soft-hearted." "They can't keep secrets." "That girl" " She's ignorant of our plans." "Five men will accompany me." "Apart from Ali and Ghafoor, you, you and you, Zubair." "That girl loves you." "You use her like this?" "He who walks the path ofjihad leaves all relationships behind." "God is great." "He is our ruler." "Ifthose infideis find this map on the body of a dead militant... what will they think?" "They'll at once believe the map." "Where will we find such a body?" "We'll arrange such a body." "Anyway, with this missing leg, how far can you waikwith us?" "With warriors like Sadiq... we cannot lose this war." "Sacliq said. "lfthis map is found on a dead militant's body... the soldiers won't suspect us."" "He picked up the gun and sacrificed himselffor ourjihad." "We won't let his offering go to waste." "Your friend gave- his life forjihaczi." "You must win this war." "Before his body becomes cold... take it, with the map, to Anantnag." "With care!" "You're late!" "The concert': about to start." "Sorry, Sufi, I was delayed." "The last time I called you to a program, you were ten years late." "Glad it wasn't 2U this time!" "Where were you?" "My friends heard I was coming" " You should've brought them along." "I did." "Security won't admit them." "Good!" "Let them stay out there." "You'll look a fool." "But you said" " Bring your friends?" "We've a problem, Altaaf." "New rules." "Now you have to pay fees to admit your friends." "Fees?" " Yes, fees." "How much?" "How many friends?" "Five." " Five?" "Why not ten?" "For five the fees will be..." "And you." "Six." "This is for being ten years late." "I love you, Sufi." "Come what may, I'll always love you." "Forever." " Forever?" "Come what may?" "Sufi, time can change" "Altaaf, we can't talk about time now." "The concerts about to start." "Let go of me and I'll bring your friends in." "Hello." " Hello?" "TV tower?" "I'm at the Center, extension 22." "The live concert is about to air but there's a wiring problem." "We've sent an engineering team." "But time's running out-- please hurry up the repairs." "Thank you." "Give the phone to lG-saab, please." "Tell him it's urgent." "He's offering his prayers." "I'll hold on." "Open your mouth." " Why?" "You don't remember?" " Remember what?" "Yes, it's your birthday!" " Wonderful, you recall everything." "How can I forget?" "How could I think you would?" "You!" "Forget?" "Impossible." "23rd September, my birthday?" "How would you forget?" "What's the date today?" "June 5th." "Whose birthday?" "Whose?" "Mine?" "Good wishes!" "Your memory's improving day by day." "Would medicines help?" "We could go to Lucknow to your father's for some." "Remember?" "What a beating you got from my dad because of this ru-ba-ru." "Of course I did." "After all, I'm a simple Kashmiri." "Without thinking I jumped out ofyourwindow." "Got badly hurt, didn'tyou?" "And you gave me the medicine." "See, it still hurts." "Really?" "Two hard slaps and it'll clear right up." "Some Lucknowi treatment?" " Medicine?" "Sorry, sir, Altaafon the line." "Where are you speaking from." "Altaaf?" "I G Kha n-saab." "Ifs your birthday today and we are celebrating." "Where are you, Altaaf?" "Be at Shankracharya at 70:00 sharp." "We've arranged fire works for you... a kind you've neverseen before." "Good-bye." "Altaaf, quick." "The concerfs starting." "Where are my friends?" "In the canteen, eating samosas." "Who are you?" "How did you get in?" "What are you doing?" "Last night the BSF killed a militant." "They found this in his pocket." "Flowers M" sweetly scent the air once more" "The seasons of fragrance M" come once more" "On the branches of the chinar tree once more" "Birds will build nests" "And those who have ﬂed from these paths... will return" "And again in these bylanes of heaven" "Everyone will sing this happy song" "Rind posh ma/ gindne drai /0 /0 (A refrain to welcome spring" "Let the sweet notes ofharmony mingle" "I've come to sing a song oflove" "To embrace the who/e world with one melody" "To wipe out hatred in every heart" "Come. friends. sing with me" "I've come to sing a song oflove" "To embrace the who/e world with one melody" "To wipe out hatred in every heart" "Come. friends. sing with me" "To win over people" "To win over hearts" "Sing a beautiful song" "Play the music offriendship" "Let go ofhatred" "To win over people" "To win over hearts" "Sing a beautiful song" "Play the music offriendship" "Let go ofhatred" "Come. friends. sing with me" "Move!" "Move!" "Move!" "Move quickly." "Music is a sweet rain" "That turns dying autumn into spring" "No wall can hold back music" "Music leaps across borders" "Music is a sweet rain" "That turns dying autumn into spring" "No wall can hold back music" "Music leaps across borders" "Music knows no caste and creed" "Music contains the who/e universe" "Music has no language" "Music has within it the truth of the Gita and the Koran" "Music has in it Allah and Ram" "Music has in it all of creation" "Music knows no caste and creed" "Music contains the who/e universe" "Music has no language" "Music has within it the truth of the Gita and the Koran" "Music has in it Allah and Ram" "Music has in it all of creation" "Music turns away storms" "Music mends broken hearts" "Khan-saab. come m." "Khan-saab,." "Altaaf?" "How did you like my painting?" "Altaaf, where are you?" " I'm not like you, Khan-saab." "I don't kill children." "Where are you, Altaaf?" " Look towards Shankracharya." "Your birthday firecrackers are about to go off." "Happy birthday." "Abba!" "Pahalgam calling Gulmarg, over." "Yes." "Paha/gam calling Gu/marg over." " I'm getting you." "Mission Kashmirs first phase is over." "Can you hear me?" "Carry on, carry on." "Mission Kashmirs first phase is over." "Are you listening?" "Yes, I am." "The TV tower is blown to bits,." "I want to see India shattered into pieces the same way." "God willing." "Fragments of the tower fell as far as N/shatbag and Char-chinar." "If you need anything, tell us." "The mission will end in victory, God willing." "A thousand thanks to God." "Keep depositing the money in the bank." "Leave the rest to God Over and out." "Over and out." "Congratulations... on Mission Kashmir's first victory." "Nothing can stop us now." "What's your next target after the TV tower?" "Is this why you worked at the TV Center?" "HQ." "Khan-saab." "You thinkyou'll get away?" "We know where you two used to meet." "We also know you went out in a shikara with him." "And you smuggled him into the TV Center knowing he would kill the guards... and blow up the tower and escape." "Tell me, who gives you orders?" "Nobody." "Please believe me." "Who will believe you?" "Will the widows of the dead believe you?" "You're one of them, Sufi!" "You're one of them!" "You breached security and brought him to your office... and let him use your intercom." "What is he to you?" "Nobody." "I love him." "He returned after ten years and" "He had changed." "I know." "After his parents were killed, he came with me to my home." "Mywife also loves him as much as you do." "I have no linkwith him." "But what can I do?" "I love him." "Take her home." "Did she reveal anything, sir?" " She doesn't know anything." "But. sir" " Leave her alone, Avinash." "Is he mute from childhood?" "No." "Najibullah's men tortured him." "They wanted Hilal." "He stuck out his tongue and" "Our information is correct, child." "Day after tomorrow..." "India's Prime Minister will come to the valley at noon." "I'm ready to welcome him, sir." "Please look carefully." "This is a picture of a deadly terrorist named Altaaf Khan,." "21 years old. fair-complexioned." "green eyes. six feet tall." "If you see him. please inform the police immediately." "That's not good." "Now all ofSrinagar will recognize you." "Go at once... to Krishna Raina's old house in Kunjar village. it's far but secure." "Hem." "Number-man." "Kahvah." "Ntaaf-btaai, Kahvah from Ghaioor." "ls there a phone close by?" "There's one near Rainawari." "It's far." "Have Kahvah first." "No, Abba, I'm fine." "I'm not upset." "Abba, please understand." "Don't come now." "Then throw away those tickets!" "What does it cost anyway, jammu to Srinagar?" "Why don't you understand?" "Altaaf has gone back." "Please give the phone to Ammi." "A rﬂmf." "You were right." "My Altaafis dead." "Hello, Ammz} I" " Sufi, th/k is A/taa/T" "Akaai?" " I want to see you." "Don't call me again, ever." "Why did you hang up on me, Sufi?" "Answer me." "I don't ever want to talk to you." "And so you put a picture of me on TV- to get me killed." "What of the people you've killed?" "Sufi, why don't you understand?" "I'm doing all this for my religion." "I'm a Muslim, too." "Islam doesn't permit the murder ofinnocents." "You're taking revenge for the death of your parents." "That's all." "Stop, Sufi." "Sufi, I said stop." "Madam, for you." "You used to love this dish." "I still do." "You should've come home once to eat food from my hands--just once." "How could I, Ammi?" "I'd think of it." "Then that face" "Your Abbak face?" "No." "The face of that murderer hiding behind that mask." "The face of that butcher rising from behind a rain ofbullets." "And smoke and showers of hot blood" " You mustn't talk like that, son." "I'm here now!" "Don't be afraid." "I'm not afraid, Ammi." "I'm not afraid." "For ten years that face hasn't let me sleep." "Whenever I try to sleep, those eyes start staring at me." "All the burning villages that I've seen in these ten years... start to blaze in my head." "All the screams I've heard begin to shriek in my ears." "All the corpses I've seen appear behind that face and taunt me." "Until I wipe out that face, I won't be able to sleep." "What shall I do, Ammi?" "What shall I do?" "Whoever fires that fatal bullet, it's my heart that it will pierce." "But this war is not between you and Khan-saab." "On one side is love, on the other, hatred." "On one side is compassion, on the other, terror." "You have to choose." "Good or evil, brutality or humanity..." "Kashmir or holocaust-- what will stay alive... you have to decide, Altaaf." "Om yen." "So think hard before you fire that bullet, son." "Think very hard." "Tomorrow, I will survey the whole area by helicopter." "This area near the Pari Mahal, where the PM's helicopter will land... is a sensitive one." "I've arranged for a thousand children to welcome the PM." "Excuse me." "Hello?" "Okay, okay." "Sir, for his welcome" "Mr. Khan, here you discuss the PM's security." "There, your wife has evaded her own security and disappeared." "Can you tell me where she's gone?" "I'll ask Nee-lima. sir." "What you do is a personal matter." "Our intelligence bureau tells us... that you deliberately let go of the terrorist who attacked you... because of your old association with him." "Look, lnayat Khan-saab, one Indian PM was killed... by her own security people in the name of religion." "Under the circumstances, I don't consider it appropriate... to entrust the Prime Minister's security to you." "Mr. Deshpande, it is not the misfortune of Muslims only... but of the entire country that a soldier who has braved bullets... for 21 years must prove his loyalty repeatedly... because his name is not Deshpande but lnayat Khan." "Look, Mr. Khan" " You look, Mr. Deshpande." "My blood is in this Kashmiri soil." "My nine-year old son is buried in it." "My love for this country needs no certificates from a bureaucrat." "Listen, Mr. Khan" " You listen to me, Mr. Deshpande!" "I am the state's IG." "The PM's security is my responsibility and will remain so... till you dismiss me." "Where had you gone?" "You've returned early today?" " Answer me." "Where were you?" "I was out." "Wearing a burkha?" "Nilu, answer me." "Where were you?" "If you know, why ask?" "Why did you go to meet him?" "Answer me." "To plead with him?" "To beg him not to kill your husband?" "You think I'm scared ofhim?" "That I tremble at his name?" "Nilu, I'm getting angry." "Answer me." "Why did you go?" "You've never questioned me like this." " I am now!" "Why did you go?" "Do you know what he has endured these past ten years?" "The horrors he's seen?" "How many deaths he's witnessed?" "Not as many as the corpses I've carried on my shoulders." "Answer me!" "Why did you go?" "He can't sleep." " So let him shoot himself." "I didn't tell him to pick up a gun." "I didn't want to bring him home." "You did." ""One day he'll understand." "We'll tell him the truth."" "He understands now." "You told him the truth!" "Answer me, why did you go?" "I went to see- him because I am his mother." "And what am I to you?" "Answer me." "You are my husband." "Husband." "Do you know what a husband's honor is?" "Do you know what happened to my honor because of your action?" "What I had to listen to?" "There's blood on your hand." " To hell with my hand, Nilu." "Blood will be spilt now, mine orAltaafs." "Whose blood do you want it to be?" "Your husband's or your son's?" "Tomorrow I leave" " Kashmir for good." "But before I go, I want to ask you something." "By what right?" "As the friend who betrayed me?" "Or as the terrorist who killed innocent people?" "As that 11-year-old Altaaf whose 6-year-old sister Najjo... and mother and father were murdered in front of a 9-year-old Sufi?" "Don't talk of that Altaaf." "I cradled him in my memories with such tender love." "But you killed him." "You are the murderer of that Altaaf." "It's true that I lied to you, Sufi." "But it's also true that I have loved you." "My only regret is that I hate Khan... as much as I love you." "It is my sorrow that your hatred is much stronger than your love." "I truly love you, Sufi." "I know your answer but will still ask:" "When this storm ends... will you come with me again in a shikara?" "I'll never be able to see you." "But I will dream, Sufi... of those moments... we spent together." "Also of those moments... which we could not spend together." "Share that dream, if you can." "Look. look" "What shall I lool at?" "Dream. dream" "What shall I dream?" "Dream a city of lakes" "And our house upon the waves" "Dream a city of lakes" "And our house upon the waves" "Dream all the sweet dreams" "That we spin should come true lust this. nothing more" "Dream a city of lakes" "And our house upon the waves" "Dream all the sweet dreams" "That we spin should come true lust this. nothing more" "Let the ﬂoor be made oflove Let fragrances suffuse the walls of our home as we /ive our days in peace" "Let the ﬂoor be made oflove Let fragrances suffuse the walls of our home as we /ive our days in peace" "My eyes close and open" "But hold you in their gaze" "Dream a city of lakes" "And our house upon the waves" "Bumblebee. dark-hued bumblebee" "What garden do you come from?" "Let snow cover all in the winterseason" "As we warm our hands by the fire" "Let snow cover all in the winterseason" "As we warm our hands by the fire" "And I sit in your embrace" "My head on your shoulder" "Once there was a small city of lakes" "And our house upon the waves" "Once it was you and!" "Without these sorrows" "Once it was so" "But now there is" "Only desolation" "Avinash. come in." "Avinash,." "Yes, sir." "Go ahead, sir." "There's a clear gap on the left." " Avinash, to the left and back." "Move up, to the left." "M?"" "Move them back. cover the right ﬂank." "To the right, boys." "Right!" "Move those riﬂemen to the left." "More to the left." "Move, move, left, left!" "Cover that ﬂank." "I want two LMGs on that parapet." "No gaps in the fields of fire." "I can see a gap." "Up there." "Yes, up, and to the right." "Fm going back to the base." "Okay?" "Okay, sir." "Khan -saab, come in, Khan -saab." "Go ahead, Altaaf." "Remember this day ten years ago?" "23rdjune, at Dalgate." "You murdered my whole family... and gave birth to a new Altaaf." "Today is the tenth anniversary of that new Altaaf." "Do you know what my birthday gift is?" "You!" "Hide anywhere." "Khan-saab, but today you won't escape- me." "Altaaf, stop this craziness." "Come home... before a bullet fi'om the police" " Good-bye." "We heard him on the wireless, Sir-ii." "Please take this threat seriously." "Keep extra security for yourself." "Gurdeep, I'm going home for lunch." "Your extra security wouldn't let me" "Sir-ii} in 15 years you've never lunched at home." "In 15 years I've never broken even a glass at home." "Never broken a glass?" "What does that mean, Sir-ff?" "Mayl go home, Sir-ii?" "Okay, Sir-ii." " Thank you, Sir-ii." "Sir, SP-saab phoned." "Sir, Madam hasn't eaten anything." "Sir, please see to her orshe'll fall ill." "She's not had a sip ofwater today." "Forgive me. love" "Forgive me. your lordship" "Forgive me. love" "Forgive me. your lordship" "You've got anger surging" "And I feel only love ﬂowing" "Please forgive me. love" "Forgive me. your lordship" "Come on. forgive me. love" "Forgive me. your lordship" "You've got anger surging" "And I feel only love ﬂowing" "Forgive me. love" "Forgive me. your lordship" "We shared dreams ofﬂowers but your words were like thorns" "How can I heal my heart?" "How can I forgive?" "We shared dreams ofﬂowers but your words were like thorns" "How can I heal my heart?" "How can I forgive?" "Let it go. let it go Let go of this obstinacy" "Darling. don?" "break my heart" "No,no,no, ldonTgivein You'll have to beg" "You've got anger surging and all I feel is love ﬂowing" "Please forgive me. love Forgive me. your lordship" "Please" "Come. forgive me now Come. let me win you over" "Don't be so angry Please don't go so far away" "Come. forgive me now Come. let me win you over" "Don't be so angry Please don't go so far away" "lforgive you, I forgive you mylove" "I forgive you." "I forgive you" "Sir-ii." "We caught the man who placed the bomb in the briefcase." "He's not alone, sir." "There are two others." "Where is Altaaf?" "Sir, I'll tell you everything." "Maharaj Krishna Raina's house." "In Kunjarvillage." "Where is Altaaf?" "Where is Altaaf?" "Avinash, what are you doing?" "They're all dead." "He was running offwith this camera." "We found these cassettes on him." "They're up to something, sir." "Mission Kashmir?" "Tell me:" "What is Mission Kashmir?" "Stop!" "Go back." "There!" "I killed this terrorist in Kunjarvillage." "How'd he reach Hazratbal mosque?" "And in a police uniform?" " Khan-saab, Hazratbai is so crowded." "They took these shots on a Friday." " My God, today is Friday." "How much time will you take?" "There are a lot of tapes, Khan-saab." "It'll take time to transfer them." "I don't have time." "Figure out what these images mean." "Then contact me." "We don't have time." "Why do you act like this?" "Had I been hit above the bullet-proof jacket, I'd be dead." "The bullet hityou today." "I've known you foryears." "You go mad when you see militants." "You won't understand." " Why?" "Because I'm a Sikh?" " No." "Because you're not a Kashmiri." "You're an outsider." "You never saw how, instead of prayers, loud-speakers rained abuses on us." "T h e-y s a I cl: " Kashmir!" "Pandffs, Hrhdus. .." "If you want to stay alive, leave Kashmir. "" "While all the Kashmiri Pandits were ﬂeeing from their Kashmir..." "I, a policeman, watched helplessly." "I understand, Avinash." " You understand nothing." "How can you know what it is to live in a refugee camp?" "What it is to watch your home burn down before your very eyes?" "How can you know what it is to lose your family?" "No, I will never understand." "Because I have no family left at all." "Theywere all killed in 1984 in one single day, in Delhi." "They put a tire around my father's neck and burnt him alive." "Know who did it?" "A crazy Hindu." "Asshole." "Who shall I blame?" "Shall I killyou, Hindu?" "Sir, lG-saab has sent for you." "It's urgent." "No, I can't kill you." "Not because you're my friend." "Because we're not those who kill." "We're here to protect." "We must safeguard humanity." "We must save Kashmir." "We won't let the self-sacrifice of2O boys go to waste." "These innocent children have been killed... by those responsible for your mother's death, child." "Allah has chosen you for this work... and for this mission, my child." "India's PM should not leave this valley alive." "This is our Mission Kashmir." "Do you know... why Allah called your mother to Him?" "So that, when you kill IG Khan along with the PM, your hands won't tremble." "Understand, child?" "Bravo!" "Now rise." "Tell me, how and where will you blow up the PM's helicopter?" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Help!" "Open the door!" "Hurry UP!" "Put out the fire." "Sir-[L he's out." "Okay, Sir-ii." "Okay." "Follow him, Gurdeep." "Avinash, do you see him?" "Yes, sir." "He's heading towards Kukar Bazaar." "I've got him,Avinash." "He's going through Pakki Lane." "Exactly at 2:45, the PM's helicopter will land here." "As the rotors stop, the chiefminister will step forward to garland him." "And then, the first blast." " ldris will fire." "At this blast, IG Khan will move from the police cordon... with his men, to enter the helipad." "Then, the second missile." "Specially forlG Khan." " You'll fire it, Altaaf." "Your quest and my mission, both victorious, God willing." "How long have you waited for this moment, child?" "A thousand years!" "He's crossing Amirkadai bridge." "You cover him now, Avinash." "Security's very tight because of the PM's arrival." "We cannot all move together." "We'll go in three units and reach Rainawari via different routes." "The first unit fi'om here." " ldris." "The second, with me, from here." "The third, from here... with me." "Sir, he's crossing Chinar Baug." "He's crossed the wooden bridge, heading towards Dalgate, Sir-ii." "Child." "Don't forget your innocent sister, your mother and father." "IG Khan butchered them all in front of your eyes." "Don't forget, Allah sends such an opportunityjust once." "Allah is your protector." "Your target is IG Khan." "Go, my child, and destroy that infidel." "Before the launch, when the missiles turn towards the real target... this child may turn hostile." "Calm him down." "Ifhe doesn't consent... shoot him quickly through the head." "Don't cause him pain-- he's my child." "Sir, he's taking the lane towards Khyam Chowk." "He!" "crossing thejhelum." "We'll take him at the other end, Sir-ji." "Pahalgam calling Gulmarg, over." "Gulmarg, getting you, over." "Gurdeep, cover the house." "Okay." "Sir-y." "Avinash, you cover me." "Yes. sir,." "I'm entering the house." "Okay?" " We 've surrounded it, sir." "Move it, move it!" "Stop the car." "We're leaving this place." "The mission proceeds as planned." "Are you people ready?" " We're ready for the telecast, over." "Over and out." "Don't fire, don't shoot him!" "Greetings, Khan-saab." "What is Mission Kashmir?" "Where is Altaaf?" "Mazar-e-Sharif." " What?" "1987." "The Russians cut my neck." "For seven days, I held my head to my slashed neck." "No food, water, sleep, nothing-- or my head would've dropped off." "For seven days I held up my severed head." "I didn't tell them anything." "And you, what can you do to me in 37 minutes?" "Want to try?" "Go ahead." "37 minutes?" "36 minutes now." "My child Altaaf musfve begun the mission already." "In 36 minutes your lndia-- - 36 minutes?" "1O seconds!" "In 1 U seconds I'll blowyour brains if you don't talk." "Talk!" "Ten, nine... eight, seven... six, five... four, three, two... 0H6." "Khan-saab, this is Mission Kashmir." "L'vejoined all the pieces of this picture together." "And it's terrifying." "Sir, our army commandos are ready." "As soon as you order, they'll attack." "Where will you attack?" "Do you know where the missiles are?" "In 36 minutes you'll search all of Kashmir?" "No commandos, no army, no police can do anything now." "We've lost Kashmir." "But I'll blow Hilal's face to bits." " Stop, Khan-saab." "Only he knows... where the missiles are." " But why would he take us there?" "He'll take us." "I'm sure he will... ifhe believes that my love for Kashmir is less... than my hatred for Altaaf." "Ifhe believes that I'm so blinded by my thirst for revenge... that I've forgotten India." "Ifhe believes that he will be saved... and I will die." "But I'll have to go alone with him." "We will give you cover, sir." "No wrong move!" "One wrong move and Kashmirwill be destroyed." "No one will follow me." "Is that understood?" "But, Khan-saab, you alone?" "Eitherl will clie- c-r Kashmirwill be save-cl." "Sufi, go with Avinash and Gurdeep... and immerse Nilu's ashes in the Ganges at Hardwar." "Perhaps she'll forgive me." "Everyone out." "Out!" "I've lost, Hilal." "My men were following Altaaf." "L'vejust been told that they've lost him." "Now onlyyou can take me to him." "Here." "If you want, finish me off." "But give me Altaaf." "Give you my child Altaaf?" "No, Khan." "He is no longer your son." "He is my child." "Through him, we will destroy India." " Let India rot and Kashmir go to hell." "I only want Altaaf." "You love him dearly." "But our entire mission depends on him." "You can have your mission. l-lilal." "But give me Altaaf." "With my own hands I'll give him such a death... that no son will ever again dare kill his mother." "You are a Pathan, Hilal." "You know what revenge means." "I beg you to let me avenge my wife's murder." "If you are a true Pathan, then understand my hatred." "A Pathan knows only two things-- boundless love and limitless hatred." "Then fulfill your duty, Pathan." "Give me Altaaf." "You will get Altaaf." "They will get Kashmir." "What will I get?" "Your life." "My men will escort you past the Line of Control." "Nobody will touch you." "Your hatred is truly worthy of a Pathan's praise." "I accept." "Khan, you've reached your destination." "Idris!" " Sir." "You're late, sir. ls all well?" "I had stopped to get you a gift." "This pistol belongs to the same infidel police officer... who orphaned you as a child." "Khan?" "Yes, Khan!" "I tolcl you. execute my mission and I'll take you to your goal." "A Pathan honors his word even when given to an enemy." "And you, you are my child." "Here, take it." "Go and complete your mission." "These eyes haven't let me sleep for ten years." "Kill me, but listen to me, Altaaf." "I'll give you such a death" "Like the death you gave Neelima?" "Look." "This is all that's left of the woman who loved you as her son." "The same will happen to Kashmir." "And you will be responsible." "You want to Know what Mission Kashmir is?" "It has nothing to do with the PM's visit." "Today is Friday." "Thousands of people will gather at Hazratbal for prayers." "As they kneel, your missile will hit." "The innocent blood of Muslims will turn that white mosque red." "And you will be responsible." "The missile is ready, sir." "The Indian armywill be blamed for blowing up Hazratbal mosque." "They'll say that the Hindu security forces blew it up." "Think, Altaaﬂ Your men were filmed wearing Indian army uniforms." "This isn't true." "This isn't the whole truth, Altaaf." "Remember, Emu used to take you to Shankracharya 'Lemme as a mm?" "Today, your second missile will land on the kneeling pilgrims there." "It will fall on Shankracharya." "The child is taking too long." "Come, Kohisha." "They'll say that Muslims destroyed the temple in revenge for the mosque." "This is your Mission Kashmir." "They destroyed our TV tower to spread this lie... so that on their TV they could broadcast those faked images." "Your Sufi saw this apocalypse with her own eyes, Altaaf." "Think of the riots when Babri mosque was destroyed." "Think of the carnage when guns fired at the Golden Temple." "Think:" "lfShankracharya and Hazratbal are both" "Our world will be doomed." "A bloody plague will claim us." "Human beings will become maddened brutes, Altaaf." "My one mistake destroyed your entire life, son." "But this mistake ofyours will destroy all of Kashmir, son." "You've never been able to forgive me." "Kashmir too will never forgive you, son." "Because Mission Kashmir is the death of Kashmir." "This infidel talks too much." "Finish him off, child." "Kill me, Altaaf." "But save Kashmir, son." "Kill him, child." "These eyes haven't let you sleep." "Put your bullet between them." "Kill him, child, kill him." "But for your mother's sake, save Kashmiriyat, son." "Kill him, child." "She used to take you to Hazratbal." " Altaaf, don't think." "IGII him, child." " You've forgotten Shankracharya?" "Shoot me!" "Kill him, child." "Shoot me, Altaaf." "Good or evil, brutality or humanity..." "Kashmir or holocaust-- what will stay alive... you have to decide." "Altaaf." "Only you." "So think hard before you fire that bullet, son." "Think very hard." "Don't kill him,Altaaf." "He'll take us to the missiles." "Stop." "Nobody shoots." "Loweryour guns." "Stop or I'll spill Hilal's brains into the lake." "Child." "Smoke. onlysmoke" "Smoke everywhere" "God is testing you." "He's watching if you're straying fi'om His path." "Use your gun, child, and finish off this enemy ofAllah." "Who wrote strife into our lives using the name ofGod?" "Child." "Remember?" "I took care of you." "I put a carbine into your hands." "I showed you the path ofjihad." "This oppression. these crimes." "who calls itjihad?" "I'm thankful that today you are carrying me yourself... on the path to paradise, on the path to the Merciful." "Do you understand, child?" "When will these storms cease?" "Thousands of tender buds have been torn from their branches" "To kill infidels is your goal, your duty, your only destiny." "It is Allah's will that you kill the enemy." "Who is laying waste our paradise?" "Kill him." "This is your faith, child." "This is your only religion." "Out... out." "For spreading death instead of life in the name of religion." "For placing carbine-s instead of crayons in the nancls ofinnocent children." "For turning the paradise of Kashmir into a hell..." "I sentence you to death." "Blow up Shankracharya!" "Quickly Blow it up!" "Hurry UP" "An operation code named Mission Kashmir to destroy... both the holy shrines." "Hazratbal and Shankrachaiya... was foiled by timely and intrepid action by the Kashmir Police." "Sir." "What happened?" "Our failure of Mission Kashmir must be kept a secret." "We're lucky that nobody knows of this mission except us." "Yes." "Except you." "Come on, Altaaf." "Come on, Khan-saab, come on." "Out!" "Out!" "I'm not out." "You're cheating." "Altaaf, give me the bat." "Let m be." "Khan- saab." "w-um. yen ma'.!" "Altaaf has come home after ages." "I wasn't out. was I?" " No." "Altaaf, what happened?" "A snow-covered field... a green cricket pitch... a wooden bridge... and a pink house." "Today, after ten years, I saw a dream, Abba." "What did you say?" "After ten years" "No." "After that." "I saw a dream." "After that, Altaaf." "Abba,." "Abba,."