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Kashmiri student studying at DU narrates his ordeal
The Northlines
|15 MAY 2025
For Saqib (name changed), a 24-year-old student at Delhi University, the past week had been an emotional storm. As tensions escalated between India & Pakistan and the flights were suspended to and from the Kashmir Valley, his biggest worry was his family back home in Srinagar City.
"I called my mother almost ten times a day," Saqib told the news agency as he finally landed at Srinagar International Airport today after a day of resumption of flights. "They kept saying everything was fine, but their voices were cracking. I just wanted to be home and see them fine."
As the flight suspension occurred following Operation Sindoor, an Indian retaliatory military strike after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam attack, Saqib's plans were upended. He had to change his plans and travel home before his exams ended and before the Eid break. He was forced to take a break and come to see his loved ones in Kashmir.
This story is from the 15 MAY 2025 edition of The Northlines.
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