Open AccessModernizing Extremism: A Case of New Age Militancy in Kashmir
Author(s) -
Nasir Ahmad Ganaie
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advances in politics and economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-1390
pISSN - 2576-1382
DOI - 10.22158/ape.v1n1p61
Subject(s) - enlightenment , political science , sociology , media studies , law , theology , philosophy
The research article delivers enlightenment on the New Age Militancy in Kashmir in which the new energetic and vigorous faces arose to enter militancy and for the stated design the usage of contemporary and improvised ways are drawn to recruit youngsters in the valley. Known to the outer world as tech-savvy militants who are hailing from the rich educational backgrounds and they do believe in autochthonous viewpoint of militancy irrespective of different names of the terror outfits. Besides this, there is a new trend of “ Arms Snatching ” which has been prevalent in the valley mostly from last three years to arm the newly recruits. The article also analyses the impact of the social media usage in branding the New Age Militancy.