Mehak's Blog

This battle between my head and my heart, and I am lost. There are demons and Angels wagging a war within me, and I shall pay the cost of destruction. It's not the outside world I seek, I'm not lonely, there are plenty of voices within me. I am an inside out tornado, the calm centre is my exterior, but there is chaos inside. We build a wall outside, but how do I shield me from myself? The war is not pointless, it the only path to inner peace, which is my penultimate goal. Breathe deep and survive; I will.

On the eve of 9 th February while helping a friend write short blog blurbs for an internship that she was doing, I came across a news story titled, ‘Number of Youths Joining Militancy in Kashmir Has Decreased: A Report’, that immediately caught my eye. Given the current climate in the country with Anti-CAA protests and many questioning the secular nature of our nation, the Kashmir issue continues to nag me at the back of mind; especially after the abrogation of Article 370 and consequent Internet blackout in the region. At a time when the region has been shut out from the rest of the country, news going in and out must be closely regulated to ensure that there isn’t spread of misinformation. I skimmed through the report, not giving it much importance until I reached the end of it and realized that the article pointed out specific details of an unnamed ‘report’ by ‘security agencies’ without giving any hint as to where the story came from. The ‘report’ is allegedly a compara