With Internet and mobile access suspended, posters have emerged as crucial communication tools.
Posters have emerged as the new means of communication in Jammu and Kashmir as the communication shut down enters the third week.
A walk in the interiors of Soura, located in the periphery of Srinagar, which has turned into a bastion of demonstrations since the August 5 decision to revoke J&K’s special status, shows posters on almost every pole calling for “civil disobedience.” Roads are barricaded with tins, sewer pipes and tree trunks. Outsiders' credentials are scrutinised by youth manning the barricades.
One poster in Urdu reads: “No employee should cooperate with the present government. Pay no taxes. Boycott paying bills for electricity and water”. It ends with a call to march to the residence of Mr. Geelani in Hyderpora on August 28.
This story is from the August 28, 2019 edition of The Hindu Delhi.
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