Braid-Chopping affects psyche of children across Kashmir

The fear of braid chopping has not only petrified women and girls across Kashmir, but has also affected the psyche of children as well. Three-year-old Adeeba Farooq said on Sunday that she has seen three back-to-back incidents of braid chopping in her locality at SD Colony, Batamaloo, here. “And since then, I stay home all the time and fear playing outside,” she told Kashmir Post. Adeeba’s mother Shazia said she has “noticed strange changes” in Adeeba behavior ever since the series of incidents of braid-chopping took place in her neighborhood.…

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