http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/kashmirs-communication-blackout-devastating-blow-academics-researchers-say > An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard in the city of Rinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir. > Six professors from India’s top science institutions have appealed to the government to lift the blockade of academic and research institutions in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The blockade has been a “devastating blow,” the six write in an open letter published yesterday.