It has been more three years since Article 370 was diluted and Jammu and Kashmir's special status was snatched away, and the erstwhile state was divided into two union territories. The Union government has been keen to push the narrative that the situation on the ground is "normal" – and in fact even better than they were before.

The people of Kashmir, though, paint a very different picture – in which silence, fear, rising prices and unemployment have taken over the region. Arfa Khanum Sherwani speaks to locals to learn what the situation is really like.

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