Should we Support Ms. Arundhati Roy?

           First things first. Ms. Arundhati Roy joins an elite club. A case has been registered against her under IPC Section 124(A) for sedition. Lokmanya Tilak & Gandhiji are few great members of this elite list. (Though i wonder if she likes being on the same list as Gandhi). Ms. Roy, Tilak & Gandhiji were charged with the same IPC section for doing the same thing - Supporting 'Azaadi'. What an irony? Lord Macaulay who drafted our Indian Penal Code (IPC) must be laughing in his grave. A few days back, our President asked a Kashmiri woman about what she means by 'Azaadi'? The woman shot back, the same thing you wanted from British. I doubt if our President has any answer.
          Like everyone else, my instant reaction to Ms. Roy's speech a few days back was raw anger. But if you see the bigger picture, i think she has a valid point. She is just saying in a way that 'Kashmir is special'. That's what the state CM said in the state Legislative Assembly. Watch this video and by the same yardstick Mr.Omar Abdullah should also be slapped with sedition. Yesterday i saw the draft Communal Violence bill and guess what ? The 2nd line says - It extends to the whole of India except the state of Jammu & Kashmir'. This single statement in that law should seal the argument in Ms.Roy's favour. What's the point in boasting that J&K is our 'Atoot Ang' when there's a real  problem? Edward Luce in his book 'Inspite of the Gods' quotes this very eloquently. Below is that extract (not verbatim):
             During the 1857 mutiny there were 100,000 British Soldiers in India, when India's population was 200 million. Currently in Kashmir there are 500,000 Indian Soldiers when Kashmir's population is just 10 million. How easy it was for Imperialists to divide India? Or perhaps this is a measure of how difficult it is for India to win Kashmiris.
          So i think we have a problem in J&K. We may have our strategic reasons like the 'chicken's neck' region. But India should try to find some meaningful 'Azadi' within its Federalism and move on from this issue. Imagine Pakistan supporting India for a UNSC permanent membership, once the Kashmir issue is settled amicably. Its much better than the doubletalk where Obama calls India a 'arrived power' in our Parliament and Ms.Clinton calls us a 'self-appointed front runner' in their secret cables.

P.S: I just can't believe the way my thinking evolved on this whole issue. I may not be entirely correct and be sounding too simplistic, but at least i am not jingoistic.