castleoflions:

tariqah:

rose-rat-and-cat:

thorffour:

tariqah:

For god’s sake if you aren’t Kashmiri please PLEASE talk about Kashmir. Kashmiris who are in Kashmir are facing vast media blackouts and have no means of digitally protesting this, nor do we have any idea what’s going on on ground. If you want to show solidarity…protest and talk, speak up

Here’s a link that explains what’s going on:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/article-370-what-is-happening-in-kashmir-india-revokes-special-status.html

India revokes special status for Kashmir. Here's what it means

The Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is in lockdown after the government revoked a special status granted to the troubled region.

CNBC

one incredibly scary fact from the article — public protest in response to this has been banned, and (most? all?) schools and colleges in jammu & kashmir are indefinitely shut down

All schools are shut down along with internet, telephone, radio, and television service.

From the New York Times, August 9, 2019:
“These pictures are some of the first images to emerge, taken by Indian photographers who managed to work around the communication blockade and the miles of razor wire to take and publish their images.“

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/world/asia/kashmir-photos-india.html