By Dr. Ajaz Afzal Lone

Dear Mr. Omar Abdullah,

More and more people in Kashmir have started asking for money online. Sometimes it’s for a surgery, sometimes after a tragedy, and sometimes in the name of activism or protest.

We see posters on Instagram, stories shared on WhatsApp, reels made to pull at our hearts.

And often, we send the money. Because how can you not?

But here’s the problem: we don’t know where it ends up.

A lot of this money goes straight into someone’s personal bank account. There’s no paper trail. No website. No accountability.

Many of the fundraisers don’t even tell us who they really are. They could be influencers,........

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