IN less than 24 hours after the ban on social media was lifted in Kashmir, the government felt constrained to reimpose it on Saturday, following the killing of Sabzar Bhat, the closest aide of the much-talked about militant “commander” Burhan Wani, whose death in an encounter last year rocked the Valley for almost five months. Fresh violence, protests and clashes swept parts of the Valley on Saturday. The killing of Sabzar and one other militant in Tral over-shadowed the killing of six infiltrating terrorists at the Line of Control. There is no visible respite from the cycle of violence.  And the mood has soured up again, despite a realisation that another spell of prolonged agitation would not alter the basic parameters. The 2016 unrest crippled Kashmir’s economy and education system; and the Kashmiris stare at nothingness after having lost more than 90 lives and so many working days. This time, it may not be as long and intense phase of clashes as in 2016 because the restraint and effectiveness mantra is at play.  But the instantaneous protests on Saturday should discourage all those who were hoping for  or advocating a “Ramzan ceasefire”.These violent interruptions have dealt a blow to an incipient dialogue process. Two sets of dialogue-makers — one led by Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyer  and another by former BJP minister Yashwant Sinha — have cracked the  walls as they met  separatist  leaders  apart from other stakeholders. Their outreach sent a message that civil society groups in the country were concerned over Kashmir and cared for the people in  the Valley. That, however, did not change the mind of militants and radical Islamists who remain firm in their anti-India ideology. The situation in the streets remains volatile. No one seems to be having a clue how to break out of this logjam. The state government has run out of imagination — and, perhaps, also out of political will. The Centre alone can step in with a bold and positive initiative. But, unfortunately, that for now seems to be a forlorn hope.