When the longest-ever curfew in Kashmir caused breakups Archives

Several love stories In Kashmir met with a “tragic end” during the unrest When Kashmir erupted in the wake of killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani on July 8, Sameer (name changed), a budding businessman, received a phone call from his girlfriend, who asked him to stay indoors as she was “very concerned” about him. Before the lovebirds finished talking, the mobile communication and internet services were suspended abruptly. Within hours, amid massive protests, curfew was clamped in the Valley. Besieged, with no means of communication with his beloved…