Eighty-five days past the abrogation of the article 370 and article 35-A of the constitution – Kashmir Valley stays silent, and the unorganised civil disobedience continues to run in pieces and parts of the Valley. With the economy on halt and movement of currency visibly blocked, the big and small time traders and businessman from […]
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Prior to 5 August 2019 – in the newspapers, invitations cancelled notification would hold the courtesy to Article 35-A and Article 370; appealing to safeguard the duo, which granted Jammu and Kashmir its special place in the constitution. Post 5 August, the government of J-K – via front-page advertisements – propagated the benefit of the […]
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On the intervening night of 4 and 5 August, the government snapped all lines of communication, including landline services, and eight million people of Kashmir Valley were put under restrictions. “Restrictions have been imposed. We request everyone to not assemble outside and return inside their homes,” were the announcements made from the speaker mounted government […]
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Photograph by Sanna Irshad Mattoo Inside the well-maintained premises of Srinagar wing of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, 62-year-old Mohammad Ashraf Sofi is sitting outside the court number 2 – despondently. “How can I fight this case on my own?” he wonders. “The lawyers, and the whole judiciary system, are flawed. They push the hearing […]
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The followers of the mainstream electoral political parties in Kashmir wouldn’t have expected that the leaders they had faith in will be put under detention. For years, these politicians used detention and stringent laws like Public Safety Act (PSA) to crush any dissent against their rule. Today, they find themselves in subsidiary jails – for […]
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Photograph by Sanna Irshad Mattoo On the late evening of 4 August, when Kashmir was filled with rumours and apprehensions, all the premiers of Jammu and Kashmir’s political parties came together and sat over in the house of Farooq Abdullah, the president of Kashmir’s oldest political party – Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), in […]
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