It’s been five years since India revoked the special status of Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state in the country. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims the change has brought “normalcy” and economic prosperity to a region with a history of violence. But as Sushmita Pathak reports, people on the ground in Kashmir feel a greater sense of powerlessness, not prosperity, since 2019.
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