In India's curfew-smothered Kashmir valley, even the freedom to mourn the dead has been shut down.
When his father suddenly passed away this week in Srinagar, Irfan Ahmad Bhat's grief was compounded by a military lockdown that not only prevented family members gathering to pay their respects, but also meant many could not be told he had died.
"My greatest regret is that my father's close relatives could not see his face one last time or perform his last rites," Bhat told AFP.