Since 2008, 108 magisterial probes have been ordered in Kashmir in the aftermath of violent incidents. However, none of those reports have been made public, and not a single person has been convicted.

Three petitions that his family had filed at the J&K high court, seeking better treatment for him, did not come up for hearing.

With the new land laws, and the fear of backlash when it comes to organising protests, many among those who celebrated the felling of Article 370 are reconsidering their stance.

Anger over the Centre's decision can be felt widely in south Kashmir as well. Here, a group of youths say they were thrashed without reason by security forces. There, a policeman expresses anxiety over his family's wellbeing.

August 12 marks day eight of the complete ban on communication links in the Valley.

Banks and ATMs are running out of cash, there is a shortage of medicines and grocery stores have limited supplies.

Welcomed by jubilant locals, 74-year-old Roshan Lal Mawa re-opened his spice business in the Valley after nearly three decades and plans to settle down there once again.

“Nobody is interested in the elections, at least in this part of the Valley. How can people vote when the people who are voted and elected, then unleash all kinds of atrocities on the people?”

Curtailing a major source of revenue for Kashmir newspapers seems to be the government's way of telling the media in the Valley: fall in line or be prepared to face the music.

The administration continues to look at the processions as a ground for people assembling not only for religious, but also political purposes.

Currently in a hospital in Srinagar and unable to speak, Feroz Ahmad Hajam has alleged that he was detained on September 5 and left for dead after being tortured for hours; the police claims he attempted to take his own life.