Narrative
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7.1KIs the New Media Policy and censorship on free press a new phenomenon? History proves otherwise
The New Media Policy has been called Orwellian by international press bodies, but censorship in Kashmir did not start with it. The...
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‘I see India turning into Akhand Bharat’: Qazi Nisar’s letter to Rajiv Gandhi in 1987 warning against Hindu Extremism
In a letter written in 1987, to the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, Qazi Nisar Ahmed, the slain Mirwaiz of South...
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A war is not a war, as long as Kashmir alone pays the price
Recently when an attack in Pulwama pushed the two nuclear armed countries India and Pakistan to the brink of war, anti-war hashtags...
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India’s moves in Kashmir are bad news for climate change activists and the ‘Global Environment’
On August 5, 2019, India, under the directions of its right-wing extremist BJP government, and without consulting either Kashmiris, Pakistan, or China,...
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Memory: ‘They’re fine’, was all that I knew about my family
Things seemed fine when I left Delhi for Kashmir on August 2, 2019. I was heading back home for a long holiday,...
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Jailed for Journalism: Letters of love, and hope in an Indian prison
As more and more paramilitary forces were being flown into a clamped-down on-genocide-alert Kashmir, thousands of political prisoners were being shifted out in...
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Memory: Silence, and the siege of Kashmir
In the series titled The Memory Project, Free Press Kashmir aims to recreate the clampdown through people’s memories and document lived experiences...
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Jailed for Journalism: ‘I was made to strip naked in prison’
As rumours and panic gripped people in the summer of 2019, official denials to factual ‘rumours’, and falsified ‘news’ was the only...
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Of anger, ballot and tombstones: A Mumbai scribe’s day out in Srinagar
Lok Sabha elections might be over in the valley, but the response it drew is still being debated. Here, in a first...
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Jinn, Jinx and Jaded lifestyle: How a vicious circle of Ignorance highlights Kashmir’s New Evil—Part II
Kashmir being a conflict-stricken society has unleashed myriad mental and physical health agonies on its citizenry. Even as natives frequent healthcare specialists...
