Anuradha Bhasin

Honoured that Kashmir Times figures in the list of 25 winners of Global Youth & News Media Awards 2025. The prestigious award is partnered by many internationally acclaimed organisations including IPI, Media Lab, ICFJ, API, European Journalism Centre & others.
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Cloudbursts in the Himalayas: Kishtwar Tragedy a Grim Warning The tragic cloudburst in Kishtwar on August 14, 2025, during the Machail pilgrimage, underscores the growing threat of extreme weather events in the Himalayas. With 65 lives lost and hundreds affected...

Quick succession of cloudbursts and floods. There are important lessons to learn. Read this warning and what can be done.
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On What Indices Do We Measure Operation Sindoor’s ‘Success’? The only purpose the debate on Pahalgam attack, Operation Sindoor and the three-day escalation between India and Pakistan has achieved is to showcase that India is still a functioning democracy where ...

Did strikes inside Pakistan achieve objective of ending terrorism? Or did they bring war and international isolation ? What is the measure of 'success'? How were the 'killed terrorists'counted?
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Was Pak-administered Kashmir’s First Information Chief an Indian Spy? True story of G K Reddy: journalist, editor, and India's man inside Pakistan, who held ministerial meetings, drafted propaganda—but quietly fled in a military plane, switched identities, and handed se...

True story of G K Reddy: journalist, editor, and India's man inside Pakistan, who held ministerial meetings, drafted propaganda—but quietly fled in a military plane, switched identities, and handed secrets to Nehru.
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Story telling in unsettled times “…Stories that had not made it into the papers, the stories behind the stories, stories so sad, so funny, so true that there was no place for them in the papers.” Deftly pre-empting the question of wh...

Zahid Rafiq’s ‘The World With its Mouth Open’ is a powerful collection of stories in which personal blends with political, and desolation with wit, writes Freny Manecksha.
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Zahid Rafiq’s ‘The World With its Mouth Open’ is a powerful collection of stories in which personal blends with political, and desolation with wit, writes Freny Manecksha.
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Story telling in unsettled times

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Since 2016, Umar’s days have settled into a rhythm. Mornings start late. “Kya dekhna hai jo jaldi uthoon?,“ he says, with half a chuckle laced with both sarcasm and jest.

In the Dark: How Kashmir's Pellet Gun Victims Navigate a World That Forgot Them
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Maagh: ‘Chill of oppression has seeped into our bones’ Aamir Bashir's film 'Maagh: The Winter Within' poignantly captures the chilling reality of Kashmir's oppression. Through the story of Nargis and Manzoor, the film illustrates the pervasive impact of e...

Dissecting the complex terrain of violence, oppression, trauma and societal decay through the lens of Aamir Bashir’s award-winning film ‘Maagh: The Winter Within’ and conversations with him.Maagh: ‘Chill of oppression has seeped into our bones’ kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comm...

Anuradha Bhasin on Kashmir’s repeated calamities through the India-Pakistan conflict: State of Southasia #23 Since 22 April, when militants carried out a deadly attack in Pahalgam district killing 26 civilians – most of them Hindu tourists – Kashmir has faced one of it

🎙️ "I think Kashmiris are very resilient people... when given a space they will find creative ways to engage with the Indian state. But the Indian state needs to recognize that," says @anuradhabhasin.bsky.social #StateofSouthasia #Kashmir:

Anuradha Bhasin on Kashmir’s repeated calamities through the India-Pakistan conflict: State of Southasia #23 Since 22 April, when militants carried out a deadly attack in Pahalgam district killing 26 civilians – most of them Hindu tourists – Kashmir has faced one of it

🎙️Kashmiri Muslims have been the major victims of the gun from both sides – the militants and security forces – and yet have been alienated by India, says @anuradhabhasin.bsky.social #StateofSouthasia

Anuradha Bhasin on Kashmir’s repeated calamities through the India-Pakistan conflict: State of Southasia #23 Since 22 April, when militants carried out a deadly attack in Pahalgam district killing 26 civilians – most of them Hindu tourists – Kashmir has faced one of it

🎙️"The Indian state's crackdown on the Kashmiris in the aftermath of Pahalgam has been disproportionate... it appealed to the majoritarian Indian sentiments that became overwhelmingly anti-Kashmiri," says @anuradhabhasin.bsky.social #StateofSouthasia

🎙️ "The people at the borders have lived with the harrowing reality of constantly being in the line of fire – of being cut off from all of J&K, of shelling, of homes destroyed, of casualties, of being victims of landmines," says @anuradhabhasin.bsky.social #Kashmir buff.ly/hMipIEL

Balochistan’s Independence Declaration: Echoes of Kashmir’s Failed Insurgency The declaration of the 'Democratic Republic of Balochistan' by London-based Baloch activists echoes the failed insurgency of Kashmir in the 1990s. Despite the parallels in their struggles for independ...

Despite Pakistan’s vocal support for Kashmiri militants, the result has been decades of conflict with no liberation in sight. Balochistan must learn from Kashmir’s mistakes. Balochistan’s Independence Declaration: Echoes of Kashmir’s Failed Insurgency kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comm...

Teen Records, Old Facebook Posts Come to Haunt 90 Detained Under PSA In the wake of the Pahalgam attack that resulted in 26 fatalities, authorities have detained over 90 individuals under the Public Safety Act (PSA), some based on past records from their adolescence. A...

In a land where ‘nobody remembers that you have reformed, but only your history’, many among those arrested under PSA post-Pahalgam attack were briefly detained years ago, some when they were minors.
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Amidst Increasing Crackdown, Rohingya Refugees in Jammu caught between arbitrary detentions and fears of deportation Rohingya refugees in Jammu face increased crackdowns, including arbitrary detentions and fears of deportation. Gouramya, a refugee detained without charges, highlights the community's ongoing struggle...

Navigating an existential crisis, refugees continue their desperate effort to assert their status as asylum seekers, not illegal migrants.
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Understanding Kashmir. The larger picture behind three weeks of tensions.

YouTube video by Kashmir Times In The Line Of Fire: Villagers in Kashmir call for peace amid fear, war frenzy

Amid war frenzy, people on LoC in J&K appeal for peace. Watch:

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People Along LoC in Kashmir Brace for a War They Don’t Want In the picturesque yet tense town of Uri, Kashmir, residents brace for potential conflict between India and Pakistan. Despite the beauty surrounding them, fear permeates the air as families adopt surv...

Wars are fought on bodies of people. As they clean and prepare bunkers for safety and stock-up supplies for long-term survival, border villagers appeal India-Pakistan to talk and not fight.

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📍 #KashmirTerroristAttack: Houses demolished to deter #terrorism, but "families cannot be held responsible for individual guilts."

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Opinion | Don’t count on the courts to save democracy Giving courts the last word is part of what got us into this mess. It won’t get us out.

"Though liberals should take whatever litigation wins they can, real resistance must take place in Congress, at government workplaces and in the streets." Succinctly put. The sooner you realise, the better.
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On delimitation fears, some lessons from Jammu and Kashmir Opponents of the exercise will do well to note that population will not be the only weapon in BJP’s arsenal for redrawing India’s electoral map.

All political groups legitimised J&K's flawed and motivated delimitation with their silence. They will create a blunder now by raking up a north-south divide. Delimitation, at this juncture, is a threat for all.

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The Country Without a Post Office: Agha Shahid Ali’s Lament for Kashmir Agha Shahid Ali's poignant poetry captures the essence of Kashmir, a region mired in conflict and longing. Born in 1949, Ali's work bridges personal and political realms, reflecting the brutal reality...

Who delivers the letters of the disappeared? In today's Kashmir, Agha Shahid's metaphors of silence — vanished homes, censored voices, unwritten letters - would be like documentation. Poignant!

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Tihar Jail and Pakistani Cricket Team In an unusual cricket tournament held inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the famous cricket team of Jail No: 3 faced a significant setback when five key Pakistani inmates were transferred to a high-security w...

"The cricket team of Jail No: 3 in Delhi's Tihar jail had five Pakistani inmates, which led to it being unofficially dubbed the "Pakistani Team." Some interesting insights from India's largest prison.
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US as Tyrannosaurus Rex: Power, disruptions and paradigm shifts under Donald Trump Donald Trump's presidency has reshaped international relations and the global order through unconventional means. By leveraging a unique form of power that neither fits the traditional definitions of ...

From dialogue with Russia over Ukraine, the weaponization of tariffs in a neo-mercantilist idiom to goad other countries into directions that he desires, to immigration.......

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Hell on Earth: Srinagar's Mountain Of Stink The Achan waste dump in Srinagar has become a dire environmental and public health crisis. Originally a pristine wetland, it was converted into the city's sole landfill in 1983. Unscientific waste dum...

For decades, the unscientific dumping of mixed waste without proper treatment has created serious health hazards for hundreds of people in Kashmir.

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On illegal immigration: Why Donald Trump must watch Bollywood movie ‘Dunki’? The Bollywood movie 'Dunki' explores the extreme risks and challenges faced by illegal immigrants as they traverse dangerous routes to reach the West. The story highlights the determination and courag...

The Lessons 'Dunki' Offers on the Courage and Determination of Illegal Immigrants

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Kashmir's Veiled Paradise: The Untold Burden of Beauty Kashmir, a region of breathtaking beauty, remains mired in conflict and historical turmoil. The mountains of the Karakoram and Pir Panjal ranges stand as silent witnesses to decades of unrest, with th...

In Kashmir, every conversation seems to carry the weight of something deeper, something buried beneath the surface.

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‘25 years ago, I could drink its water, now the Dal Lake smells foul’ Once a pristine water body, Dal Lake in Srinagar has shrunk from 22 to 18 square kilometres and is facing an environmental crisis due to rampant sewage dumping. Despite significant financial investmen...

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