Jammu, Aug. 14 -- From the shrine-lined lanes of downtown Srinagar to the border hamlets of Poonch and the temple towns of Jammu, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has turned saffron, white and green. With the nation gearing up to celebrate its 80th Independence Day, an unprecedented wave of Tiranga rallies has swept across every district of the Union Territory - a spectacle of unity that administration officials and local residents alike are calling one of the most emphatic patriotic mobilisations the region has witnessed in years.
Under tight, multi-layered security arrangements, processions of students, government employees, ex-servicemen, women's groups and local youth clubs marched through markets, university campuses and remot...