Editorial:THE WAR OPTION

It is a surprise to many that what started as a peaceful protest-march a few months back, with people carrying branches as a symbol of non-violence, has now escalated into a bloody confrontation, involving the military against unidentified civilians in the guise of solving what has now been largely acknowledged as the Anglophone problem. Even if there had been those who could not recognize the magnitude of the grievances as an issue which touched on a majority of Anglophones, the said protest marches, especially the one on 1, October 2017, was loud enough to send across, the message that it…