SRINAGAR, Oct. 8 -- This is the tenth week of lockdown in Kashmir Valley, after central government's unilateral scrapping of the Article 370 on August 5 which granted J&K its autonomous status under India's constitution. Except for the private vehicles, nothing moves in Kashmir. Shops and business establishments remain shut, schools are closed and there is little attendance in government offices.
Pro-establishment politicians continue to be under detention. So are the separatist leaders. According to government figures over two hundred instances of protests took place across the Valley in two months which have left one person dead and more than a dozen injured.
The top state functionaries say the measures are needed to prevent the loss of...