Myra BariStaff Writer On Aug. 4, 2019, India placed Kashmir on a lockdown. Kashmiri political leaders were put on house arrest while Indian forces barricaded neighborhoods and cut off most phone and internet connections. The lockdown began to ease on Aug. 19 with schools opening and the reconnection of phone lines. Nationalism ricocheted for both Pakistan and India when thousands of troops were deployed from … Continue reading What’s happening in Kashmir?