On the midnight of August 4, 2019, eight million people were switched off.
By morning, the world was told the silence was peace.
For months, under the name of every Kashmiri contact on WhatsApp, the same words hung frozen: "last seen August 5."
Families outside Kashmir watched their mothers and brothers "leave" group chats they never chose to leave.
A two-minute phone call, timed by an official's watch, became the only way to tell your family you were alive.
That was not peace. That was silence. And Kashmir has been asked to live inside it for seven years.
No more.
On August 5, 2026, at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, we will do the simplest, most necessary, most constitutional thing a people can do: talk.
Let's Talk Kashmir. 03:00 PM | Constitution Club of India, Delhi
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One gunman killed a Kashmiri policeman. So the state has detained 2,500+ Kashmiris.
We are watching 2,500+ young men picked up in 24 hours under a phrase, "detained for questioning", that appears in no statute and carries no safeguard.
And in the night, two homes were blown up.
One of them had been demolished last year, rebuilt, and lived in for barely a few months.
The Supreme Court has held punitive demolition without due process unconstitutional.
https://t.co/PykJK7Rvi6
J&K ACB registered a case in irregularities committed in the selection process of Fireman/Fireman Drivers in the Fire & Emergency Services (F&ES) Department. More details on https://t.co/HjcSHIbIA7 @diprjk@shaktipathak71
Biggest ever scam that repeated itself 3 times in the same recruitment with the same aspirants . Proved every time but ignored. Started in 2013 and finally FIR has been registered in 2025. #FireEmergencyScam is another big achievement of the corrupt administration.
Need reforms
Now, There r good chances for age relaxation for JKP SI & Constable Posts. @JKNC_ Government seems serious in addressing the issues of Unemployed Youth. Age relaxation given to JKAS Examination also ACB has been tasked for probing Fire services recruitment scam @OmarAbdullah
Dynasts when unable to deal with their defeat end up echoing same rhetoric as during the 1987 election rigging. Quite unfortunate that the mindset hasn’t changed.
@OmarAbdullah’s words have an undertone of
“If we win, India wins in Kashmir, if we lose, separatism is on rise.”
It was pleasure meeting Aspirants of Fire & Emergency this evening, had great conversation
@JKFESaspirants
Hope your committee report will be released soon & matter will be resolved without any delay, you all will get justice in coming days✌️
@manojsinha_ Ji, Kindly do needful 🙏🏻
#Fire_Emergency Aspirants Jo peechle Kai saaloun se apne #Haq_Insaf ke liye lad rahe hai ab sunne mein aa raha report jald pesh ki jayegi bahut bahut dhanyawad lekin report jab bhi aaye inn Aspirants ko bhi dhyan mein rakha Jaye Jo ladte ladte over age hou gye.@JKFESaspirants
We condemn the arrest of the Fire service aspirants near Kachi Chawni by the Police, we never resorted to any violence from the very first day. Protest is our democratic right and we have been fighting for a genuine cause. Corruption has ruined our lives @ManhasSatveer@ajkyf_