Abdullah’s blog, he told The Indian Express, is his personal reflection on what strikes him. And as it is an election year in J-K, Abdullah’s personal blog too has invited attention. His recent comment about the migration of Kashmiri Pandits, especially his assertion that the larger community did not do enough to prevent it, generated a lot of controversy.

“I will write whatever I feel like. This blog is a space for me to speak my heart out,” he told The Indian Express, “I never try to be politically correct while blogging.” His words have found an unusual echo in Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani: “The gun in the hands of President Pratibha Patil indicates that India is at war with the people of Kashmir.”