Vale of tears
The fierce repression of protests is only stoking Kashmiris’ resentment
OWAIS GULAB has not left home for seven weeks. The college where he studies computing is closed, as are all but a few local shops. His phone, like others across the Kashmir Valley that use a pre-paid SIM card, cannot make calls. The hostel his family runs stands empty. It overlooks Dal Lake, whose hundreds of pleasure craft, normally packed with summer tourists, sit idle.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Vale of tears”
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