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From Shelves to Shadows: J&K’s War on Books

From Shelves to Shadows: J&K’s War on Books

The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned 25 books on Kashmir, many of them acclaimed works by eminent authors, alleging that they “excite secessionism” and endanger India’s sovereignty and integrity. The writers covered by this ban include A.G. Noorani, Arundhati Roy, Victoria Schofield, Sumantra Bose and Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) member Anuradha Bhasin.

Two Years of Suppressed Stories

Two Years of Suppressed Stories

By Raihana Maqbool Two years ago, on 5 August 2019, the Government of India, in an unprecedented political cataclysm- unheard of in the entire history of democracy- revoked the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and unleashed a reign of...