We are greatly disturbed by the shutdown in communication network for well over five weeks in Jammu and Kashmir which is causing extreme hardship to the people there. Family members outside Jammu and Kashmir are unable to contact their relatives in the state; students cannot receive funds from their families; and acute distress is being faced by patients unable to access medical help.
We call on the Government to lift the communications blockade immediately so that our fellow citizens are spared this suffering.
Signatories
1. Ram Rahman
2. Anil Chandra
3. Nasir Tyabji
4. Sania Hashmi
5. Rajendra Sharma
6. Vivan Sundaram
7. Arunkumar HG
8. Javed Malik
9. Neeraj Malik
10. Tapati Guha-Thakurta
11. Inder Salim
12. Zoya Hasan
13. Romila Thapar
14. Anil Bhatti
15. Ruth Zohtanpuii
16. Noyana Khatoniar
17. Anju Dodiya
18. Atul Dodiya
19. Shilpa Gupta
20. Sara Rai
21. M Aslam
22. Indrapramit Roy
23. Dinesh Abrol
24. Archana Prasad
25. Bharat Choudhary
26. Pushpamal N.
27. Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
28. Tara Sabharwal
29. Riyas Komu
30. Neha Choksi
31. Shefalee Jain
32. Shaibani Azam
33. Meera Devidayal
34. Gauri Gill
35. Sahej Rahel
36. Sonia Khurana
37. Shantamani Muddaiah
38. Vishwamohan Jha
39. Umesh Kumar
40. Jahangir Asgar Jani
41. Madhuban Mitra
42. Manas Bhattacharya
43. Shukla Sawant
44. Navroze Contractor
45. Sonia Jabbar
46. C.F. John
47. Githa Hariharan
48. Gopika Chowfla
49. Zuleikha Allana
50. Navjot Altaf
51. Gopika Nath
52. Archana Hande
53. Nilima Sheikh
54. Deeptha Achar
55. Sudhir Patwardhan
56. Anita Dube
57. Anita Khemka
58. Imran Kokiloo
59. Rosalyn Dmello
60. Geeta Kapur
61. Ashoke Chatterjee
62. Arun Kumar Kalra
63. Sarbasis Bhattacharya
64. Vijay Rajoria
65. Parthiv Shah
66. Sunil Kothari
67. Murari Jha
68. Sharmila Samant
69. Irfan Habib
70. Zoya Hasan
71. Orijit Sen
72. Ashok Vajpeyi
73. M.M.P. Singh
74. Rajesh Joshi
75. Prabhat Patnaik
76. Syeda Hameed
77. Sashi Kumar
78. Rajinder Arora
79. Shireen Gandhy
80. Molayashree Hashmi
81. Sohail Hashmi
82. MK Raina
