A graffiti as a sign of protest which started appearing with regularity after the 2010 unrest. People in the Valley are using graffiti to show their dissent, and as an arena where disagreements with the state play out.
In Kashmir, graffiti protest started appearing with regularity after the 2010 unrest. People in the Valley are using graffiti to show their dissent, and as an arena where disagreements with the state play out. The easy availability of cans of spray paint has made the job of graffiti-loving youths far more easy and fast. In the aftermath of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s killing and subsequent curfew across Kashmir, the ‘graffiti protest’ is emerging as a new mode of resistance in several parts of Srinagar as youth “want India to read the writing on the wall(s).”
The slogans like BURHAN STILL IN OUR HEARTS, FREEDOM STATE OF WAR, THE LEGEND OF BURHAN, WE WANT FREEDOM, GO INDIA GO BACK have been painted almost everywhere—be it downtown or uptown localities of Srinagar.
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