Defreeze The Freeze In Kashmir Valley

EARLY November snowfall froze the Valley. Kashmiris are used to harsh winters; no light, blocked roads, limited movement. The start of the early winter this time served as a grim reminder of the freeze in the psyche of the people. It is perhaps for the first time that the writ of the Indian nation is running unchallenged in J&K. But now people are waiting for the Centre to deliver on its promise to a new opening. Instead, there exists a stalemate in the Valley that is manifested in mystified silence that refuses to get decoded.

Delhi had, perhaps, not anticipated that this scenario would last long when it took the “momentous” decision to abrogate Article 370 and Article 35A, and bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories. Otherwise, by now restrictions would have been lifted completely, and Kashmir would have been ruling the internet as it was doing until August 4 midnight.