{"id":6814,"date":"2025-12-13T18:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:37:03","slug":"decades-of-unheard-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/decades-of-unheard-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Decades of Unheard Pain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terror victim families find recognition and a voice <\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Dec 13:\u00a0<\/strong>It wasn\u2019t a usual government function. At Srinagar\u2019s Lok Bhavan Auditorium on Saturday, silence often spoke louder than words.<\/p>\n

Eyes filled with tears and hands trembled as they recalled memories of lost fathers, husbands and brothers. Victims of terror whose families had waited years, even decades, to be heard.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, handing over appointment letters to the next of kin of terror victims, called it a \u201ctribute to their sacrifice\u201d. At Lok Bawan, families took turns to speak; the hall turned into a space of collective grief and long-delayed dignity.<\/p>\n

Among the packed hall was Amir Nazir Lala, who lost his father when he was just four years old. \u201cI was just four years old when my father was killed in the main market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother struggled beyond limits\u2026 for 25 long years, we received no justice, no help. Today, LG Sahab has given us dignity and our rightful place. For the first time, it feels like someone truly listened to our pain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For another lady, Shaista Akhtar from Srinagar, whose father was killed 20 years ago, the appointment letter was more than employment as it was an acknowledgement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one ever helped us. Our file just kept moving from one office to another. But LG Sahab felt our pain; he understood what we went through. May Allah keep you blessed, you have become a healer of hearts,\u201d she said, tears streaming down her face.<\/p>\n

Among many more stories of pain was Mohammad Ashraf Lone, from south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag, who spoke of his brother\u2019s killing in 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom then until 2025, no one ever understood our pain. No one asked about us, and we were never treated with dignity. Today, LG Sahab has restored that dignity. For the first time, we feel that we, too, belong to this country,\u201d he said, his voice breaking midway.<\/p>\n

Masrat Nelofar, another lady from Baramulla, who lost her husband in a terror attack while he was running a rehabilitation centre, said she spent years knocking on doors for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went from one office to another, but no one was there to listen. Our files just kept moving from one table to the next. When we met LG Sahab, he said, \u2018Don\u2019t worry, we will take action.\u2019 Today, that promise has been fulfilled,\u201d she said, clutching her appointment letter tightly.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, inside the hall, sobs broke out quietly. Mothers wept; some fathers held their children close, others stared blankly among the audience rows. A few young men tried to hide their tears, but the pain was too raw to contain\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terror victim families find recognition and a voice Srinagar, Dec 13:\u00a0It wasn\u2019t a usual government function. At Srinagar\u2019s Lok Bhavan Auditorium on Saturday, silence often spoke louder than words. Eyes filled with tears and hands trembled as they recalled memories of lost fathers, husbands and brothers. Victims of terror whose families had waited years, even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6816,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions\/6816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}