Srinagar, July 5 -- By Malika Salim & Mudabir Jehan

Srinagar- The phone does not stop buzzing.

A meme lands in one group chat. Someone replies to an Instagram story. Unread messages wait on WhatsApp. A friend uploads photographs from an evening out, while another posts a late-night update about work.

The screen is crowded with people.

Yet the room can still feel painfully quiet.

"I talk to people all day, but sometimes I realise I have no one I actually want to call when I am upset," says Munaza,a 19-year-old NEET aspirant from Chanapora Srinagar. "There are always messages, but that does not mean you feel close to someone."

For young Indians, the experience appears to be far from unusual.

A nationwide survey of 4,527 young people ...