Srinagar- It wasn’t a usual government function. At Srinagar’s 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 decades, to be heard.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, handing over appointment letters to the next of kin of terror victims, called it a “tribute to their sacrifice”. At Lok Bawan, families took turns to speak; the hall turned into a space of collective grief and long-delayed dignity.

Among the packed hall was Amir Nazir Lala, who lost his father when he was just four years old. “I was just four years old when my father was killed in the main market,” he said, his voice trembling, as per

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