Amanat Awakens

Inside a trapezium-shaped hall of an engineering institute tucked in Church Lane, Srinagar, something long overdue finally happened on October 05, 2025. The glass ceiling shattered. The door of silence cracked open. Whispers turned into voices—booming, trembling, and fierce. The echoes of abused children finally reached a crescendo.

“ Na. Ab bahut ho gaya.”

Amanat had arrived—to wipe tears, to unmask predators lurking in our backyards, to tell every child, you are not alone.

Amanat: Protecting the Childhood – A Shared Trust, a seminar jointly organized by LearningLee and Thinksite, chose to confront a subject Kashmir has long buried under the carpet: child abuse. For centuries, abuse has existed—denied, disguised, and silenced. In Kashmir, it hides behind closed doors and whispered wa