That is the general case. A young child will think so. I mother will think so. An old man, an old lady will think so. A middle aged man and woman will think so.
But not the youth. The mythical Ummah and Jannah will always have more goodies in afterlife than in this life. For a Muslim, religion comes first, especially if they live in a homogeneous Muslim locality without interaction of non Muslims. And the valley is 99.72% Muslim (counting the Shia).
@nForce - Look at the Arab Spring for example. Comparatively well to do countries and their youth toppled secular leaders and placed Islamic clerics on the top. They know that the economy would be hurt. Egypt has been an exception.
Kashmir is the only place in India where the celebration of Muharram is banned. Geelani is an apologetic - more Sunni than Sunnis. He needs to over-compensate that, hence his diatribes.