- Insha Mukhtar is an 18-year-old studying science with the hope of becoming a doctor, but she has not attended class in almost two months.
The BJP’s decision to revoke the treaty was accompanied by a massive military operation, which saw troops flood what is already one of the most militarised areas in the world, and the mass arrests of thousands of protesters. Indian authorities have indefinitely suspended internet and phone services, leaving the region of eight million people cut off from each other internally and from the outside world.
For younger children, perhaps free of the pressures of exams, the burden of knowing what they are missing out on falls on their parents. The Indian government has said schools will open for primary and lower secondary students in areas where curfews and other restrictions have been lifted. Several parents told TRT World that they would not send their children unless they had a way of contacting them during emergencies.
But no one understands that ever