Kashmir Has Been Under Lockdown For 100 Days. What Are We Doing About It?

A hundred days since the Union government decided to unilaterally alter the relationship between the state of Jammu and Kashmir and India, without letting the people of the state or their representatives voice their opinion about this matter. A hundred days since the government banned political assembly in the Kashmir Valley, it turned off the internet and stifled the freedom of residents to express political views. A hundred days since nearly all the state’s political leaders were put under house arrest.
Yet, where has Kashmir gone in the national imagination? Where are the media organizations documenting the difficulties faced by the people of the Valley while their civil liberties are curtailed? Where are the civil society organizations focused on defending the rights of those being oppressed? Where are the Opposition politicians willing to speak up on behalf of their compatriots who have been silenced?