Kashmir Eerily Quiet as Public Anger Builds
Reports from Srinagar, the region’s summer capital, describe deserted streets blocked with concertina wire and gripped by an eerie silence amid New Delhi’s crackdown on India’s only predominantly Muslim state. But beneath the calm, observers say mounting anger over the government’s treatment — which has included a communications and media blackout — could well erupt. “India cheated us,” said one local, “But now is the time we should fight back.” Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged both India and Pakistan to exhibit “maximum restraint.”
How is information leaking out of Kashmir? While families are unable to get in touch with Kashmir-based relatives, journalists’ dispatches are being carried out by hand.
SOURCES:  The Guardian  /  AP  /  Al Jazeera