Fahad has not spoken to his parents in Srinagar since Saturday. He lives in Sydney and keeps a regular touch with his parents, who are in Indian-administered Kashmir.
"They are old. They are sick. My father is in his seventies. Both of them need medicine, and nobody is there. I am worried sick. There is a complete blackout. Telephones are not working let alone internet," Fahad told SBS Hindi.
Indian-administered Kashmir remains locked down two days after the government of India revoked its special status that gave the people of Kashmir rights to make their own laws.
"It is unprecedented. We have not seen anything like this before," said Fahad, who arrived in Australia 10 years ago.
"I have seen so many curfews in my life since I grew up in Kashmir. But, I have not seen anything like this before. People have been caged in."
Telephone lines and the internet were cut off on Sunday evening, a day before the Home Minister of India announced scrapping article 370 in the upper House of the parliament.
Leaders of the regional political parties were detained and put under house arrest.
On Tuesday, the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 has been passed in both the houses of Indian parliament.
There are apprehensions of violence, and some incidents of stone-pelting have been reported.
Many international organisations have criticised India for curtailing people's rights.
The Internet Freedom Foundation says "we strongly condemn the communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir and urge an end to internet shutdowns across India.
"The developments of the past few days are of immense consequence to the future of our democracy, and the voices from Jammu and Kashmir need to be heard the loudest, not silenced en masse," reads a statement released by the foundation.
NetBlocks, an organisation which tracks disruptions and shutdowns of internet around the world, have reported severe internet disruption.
"Technical data show a disruption to access to India's internet backbone as of 18:00 UTC Sunday, 4 August 2019 following earlier mobile data restrictions, consistent with past recorded internet shutdowns in the region," said the NetBlocks.
Forty-four-year-old Bilal, who moved to Australia 25 years back, has also not been able to contact his parents and other family members who are in Srinagar.
"Everything was normal in Kashmir. People were busy with their lives. Article 370 was irrelevant as the central government was taking all the decisions. And suddenly entire Kashmir valley has been taken, hostage. Everyone in Kashmir is under house arrest. We don't know what's happening with our families."
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The Home Minister of India Amit Shah has assured the removal of the special status of the state will "be an end to long bloodshed in Kashmir."
"I want to clear in front of the House that due to removal Article 370 there will be an end to long bloodshed in Kashmir. While 370 has damaged Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, 35A has increased corruption over the years," Shah said.
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