The big names stayed away but the Centre's special representative on Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma held a series of meetings with civil society and youth groups today on day two of his visit to the Valley.<br/><br/>Sharma, the former director of the Intelligence Bureau who is on a five-day visit to the state, is expected to meet political leaders tomorrow as part of efforts to talk to various stakeholders and find lasting peace in Jammu and<br/>Kashmir.<br/><br/>He will be spending three days in the Kashmir Valley and two in Jammu, where he will hold talks with Governor N N Vohra, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and various delegations.<br/><br/>All separatist parties, including both factions of the Hurriyat Conference and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) have ruled out engagement with Sharma.'<br/><br/>Officials privy to the parleys said Sharma's engagements have so far been aimed at assessing the feelings of local residents, who have suffered the most in the decades of violence in the Valley.'<br/><br/>Soon after his appointment on October 23, Sharma had said his aim was to nurse the wounds of common Kashmiris for which he would take help of all stakeholders, including political parties — both ruling and opposition as well as smaller regional parties.