Back to pre-Internet stone age in offline Indian Kashmir

In this photo Kashmiri students wait for their turn to use the Internet at the Divisional Commissioner's office in Srinagar. — AFP

In remote Indian Kashmir people have been offline since August, queuing for hours to pay bills or using government "Internet kiosks". As protests rage in other areas of India, it's something people outside the Himalayan region are also getting a taste of.

Indian authorities, who according to activists lead the world when it comes to cutting the Internet, snapped Kashmir's access when New Delhi scrapped the region's seven-decade-old autonomy.