Srinagar: One room, eight computers, six months and many dozens queuing up to send the Kashmir word out to the world. That's been the arithmetic of journalism in troubled times for media in the Valley since August.

On August 5, the Centre revoked J&K's special status under Article 370 and bifurcated it into the union territories of Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh. The night before, mobiles and internet services were suspended. It has been six months to the day, but the communications lockdown is near total still. Some local media houses can access internet lease lines, but it is an expensive affair with only two or three newspapers opting for it. The problem of many journalists and too few computers continues.