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A Year of Lockdown and New Laws Leave Kashmir Vulnerable to a Land Grab
The Indian Government placed the country's northernmost state under curfew in August 2019. Unable to work, locals have been unable to pay rent—leading many to sell their land.
In Kashmir, Doing Journalism Is Dangerous and Unforgiving
“You always have to be prepared," said one reporter, "just in case something goes wrong."
Timeline: A Year of Siege in Kashmir
A year after its autonomy was revoked, Kashmir continues to be a mess of human rights violations.
The Photo of a 3-Year-Old Sitting On His Dead Grandfather Has Kashmir on the Edge
In a region scarred decades of violence, a viral photo shared by Indian security forces has intensified tensions.
During the Pandemic, an Outbreak of Violence Amid Orchards in Kashmir
After a period of relative peace, Shopian district is again turning into a hotbed of militancy in the strife-torn Kashmir valley. A quarter of the 134 militants killed in the region this year died within the district.
India's Anti-Terror Raids Are Leaving Kashmiris Homeless During Coronavirus
Pakistan has accused India of passing laws that could change the demographics of the disputed territory during the pandemic.
A Kashmiri Student Struggles With the ‘New Normal’ of Freedom After Being in Jail For a Year
Adil Farooq was arrested in January 2019 under the controversial Public Safety Act in Kashmir. Today, as he spends his days at home under a lockdown, freedom has a different meaning.
Kashmir’s Crippling Communication Ban Took a Heavy Toll on My Job as a Journalist
"To breach the blackout, one of us would fly to Delhi and upload a couple of stories from there. We lived one story at a time—forever wondering if it would make it online."
Social Media is Still Banned in Kashmir, But VPNs Come to the Rescue
"Everyone is using it. The government officials themselves are uploading Facebook display pictures using VPN!"
Experts Explain How India's Ongoing Unrest Affects Our Mental Health
It turns out that trauma can not only stay in your body forever, it can also continue for generations.
India’s Chief of Defence Staff Admits That the Country is Operating De-radicalisation Camps to Isolate Young Kashmiris
The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat justified this by saying that Pakistan had such camps too.
Here’s Why Indians Won’t Stop Protesting the CAA, Even After a Month
From what’s up in Uttar Pradesh to why the Northeast is so against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act that has divided India like never before, here’s a handy guide to understanding why everyone is still so pissed off.