But earlier this month, the Indian government said it will launch a new round of "quiet diplomacy" with Kashmiri separatists.

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The cleric's interpretation that stone-throwing is un-Islamic has earned him the wrath of other Kashmiri separatists and clerics.

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Moderate separatist leaders have welcomed the initiative, but hardline Kashmiri leaders are unlikely to join the dialogue.

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So if I went on to rap about it in Kashmiri, that would be useless.

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Labour took the Kashmiri vote for granted in the past, and the Kashmiris know it.

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Deve Gowda, who managed to persuade many Kashmiri leaders to enter the electoral fray.

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