Author: Majid Maqbool

On the evening of August 4 15 ebullient reporters and editors of a web portal in Srinagar were working furiously on keyboards of their computers, writing out stories that would reflect the uncertainty and concerns among local residents that had been witness to a massive month-long build-up of security forces.

Today, November 12, marks the completion of 100 days of lockdown and shutdown in Kashmir following the dilution of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state on August 5. The state-enforced siege on the lives of the people of Kashmir began in the summer. It remains intact as the winter begins.