Inside South Kashmir: Weeks after Burhan Wani's death

September 16, 2016 18:08

Down a sullen alley in South Kashmir's Anantnag town, a tyre was in flames. A flimsy metal frame and a row of rocks stretched across the road behind it, doing duty as barricade. A few lanky youth stood guard, while older men sat on nearby pends (shop fronts). One of them was on the phone, chatting about laptops.

This was a protest.

In the capital of Srinagar, there are cars on the street, there are shops that have remained open and people going about their daily business. Clashes may break out in some areas but there is something resembling calm in the surrounding neighbourhoods. Drive south through Pulwama district into Anantnag, and you enter a country of unrest.

Click HERE to read a rare ground report from the region where the stone has become a symbol of resistance and the Hurriyat talks about freedom through Islam.

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