As the 86th Kashmir Martyrs Day is being observed on both sides of the Line of Control on Wednesday (Today), an image of a classified ads page from a Kashmiri newspaper sums up the situation about how life in the disputed valley has been affected by the clashes.
Violence erupted in the area after Indian security forces killed prominent Kashmiri separatist leader Bhurhan Wani last Friday. Since then at least 32 people – mostly civilians – have been killed in the region and a curfew is in place for the fourth consecutive day.
The image shows that almost every announcement on the classifieds page conveyed the news that the wedding ceremony on that particular day had been cancelled due to the ongoing clashes. Other Kashmiri newspapers, such as Kashmir Observer, notified that examinations had also been cancelled.
Whoa! This page belongs in a museum exhibit about Kashmir. Powerful. @GreaterKashmir_ https://t.co/bSKCzLtfYB
— rama lakshmi (@RamaNewDelhi) 12 July 2016
How is it BJP manage to stir up violence everywhere! https://t.co/SJ2GwTBYIN via @scroll_in @sanjayuvacha @electric_rahul @DasBolshevik
— Main Hoon Na (@neo_pac) 12 July 2016
This is the situation in Kashmir today. Ads in Greater Kashmir today. Pic via @Bhayankur pic.twitter.com/qNWv2bDwgF
— Vasu (@vasudevan_k) 12 July 2016
Striking. Classified ads in Kashmir newspapers cancelling weddings as violence flares. https://t.co/VdgXAzuuGT pic.twitter.com/v0ItRgNkYg
— JeremyReesnz (@JeremyReesnz) 12 July 2016