The action against a Booker Prize winner was the latest in a growing crackdown on free expression by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tag: Kashmir
Kashmir’s Chief Cleric, Detained in Crackdown, Is Free After 4 Years
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who had been under house arrest, was at Friday Prayer and was greeted with rose petals and candy.
How Hopes of a Better Life Ended on a Migrant Ship Off Greece
About two dozen of those on the fishing vessel that capsized off Greece came from Bandli, a community in northeastern Pakistan with a long history of young men chasing a brighter future abroad.
Your Thursday Briefing: Covid Origins Hearing Opens in the U.S.
Also, protests in Georgia and armed villagers in Kashmir.
Rehman Rahi, 97, Eminent Kashmiri Poet Who Restored a Language, Dies
Kashmir’s unofficial poet laureate, he gave voice to the rich culture of a bitterly divided territory and helped give his mother tongue a distinct literary identity.
The Kashmiri Chef Foraging on Precarious Soil
For Prateek Sadhu, gathering native ingredients in the conflict zone where he grew up is the only way of asserting Kashmir’s tenuous place in the world.
2 Years After Deadly Fistfights, India and China Pull Back From Border
The two sides, after 16 rounds of talks, made an announcement a week before their leaders will meet in Uzbekistan.
Your Monday Briefing: Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv
Plus Hindus try to flee Kashmir and Taipei commemorates Tiananmen Square.
Hindus in Kashmir Desperate to Flee Amid Spike in Attacks
Decades after militant violence forced many of them out of the disputed region, hundreds of families have left in another exodus.
Modi Stresses Growth, Sidestepping Politics, in Visit to Restive Territory
The Indian prime minister aims to ease decades of turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir through projects like a solar plant.