But soon, and very soon, the deaths will be forgotten, reduced to mere footnotes on the blood-splattered pages of this ever-unfolding tragic narrative. At the end, only the emotionless statistics will remain: 40 in Pulwama, 20 in Kupwara, 17 in Srinagar and so on. The country, meanwhile, will get back to watching and sharing pointless, puerile WhatsApp forwards