We were all shocked, rightly, by the Islamist attacks in Mumbai. But how many or us were equally shocked by earlier reports about the discovery of unmarked graves in Kashmir?

According to one account (World Socialist Web Site): "The Indian government is refusing to investigate credible reports that up to a thousand unmarked graves have been found in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

"Kashmiris and Indian and international human rights organizations have long maintained that India's security forces have systematically 'disappeared' thousands of persons accused of supporting the anti-Indian insurgency in Kashmir, India's only majority Muslim state.