Selected original reports on Kashmir by TCN journalists
2016 – THE MISSING PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR – SERIES
Jan 13, 2016: Armed with pictures that tell a thousand words: The protestors of Srinagar’s Pratap Park – a three-part series on the missing people of Jammu and Kashmir, looks at the courageous work of Parveena Ahangar, the woman who started the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons.
Jan 26, 2016:The half widows of Kashmir: A story of endless wait and hardships –the second of the three-part series looks at the condition of half-widows in Kashmir, and their struggles.
Jan 30, 2016: Married at 17, ‘Half widowed’ at 18: Safiya Azad continues to wait even after 23 years-the last part of the three-part series narrates five personal stories of half-widows who saw their husbands picked up by Indian Security Forces, never to return.
Feb 2, 2016: 19 years and counting: the tale of Naseema Begum’s wait for her missing husband– the second of the five personal stories of half widows, narrates the story of Naseema Dar.
2018 – GENERAL REPORTING
August 16, 2018: Anger and resentment in Kashmir over rewarding controversial Army Major – how the awarding Shaurya Chakra to Major Aditya Kumar whose unit killed three civilians in Shopian was met with strong disapproval by the people of the valley
August 18, 2018: Two years after Kashmiri lecturer was ‘murdered’ by Indian Army, family awaits justice but has little hope – story of a lecturer Shabbir Ahmed who was picked up the Indian army who later returned the corpse of the lecturer
Sep 5, 2018: Kashmiri journalist detained; Valley scribes threaten protests over ‘unconstitutional’ arrest – Aasif Sultan, assistant editor monthly news magazine “Kashmir Narrator” was picked up during a late night raid
Sep 28, 2019: Civilian’s ‘cold-blooded’ murder by Security forces sparks massive protests in Srinagar – Salim Malik woke up to some noise at his home in Srinagar. He presumed burglars have entered the shed to steal his sheep or birds. “As soon as he stepped out, the government forces fired a volley of bullets at him killing him on the spot,”..read on
Oct 25, 2018: This funeral will not be televised: The encounter of Mannan Wani and the media gag – story of scholar-turned-militant Mannan Wani’s encounter
Oct 27, 2018: Oppression in Kashmir will push more scholars towards armed resistance, says slain militant’s mother Story of Sabzar Ahmad Sofi, a scholar-turned militant – ready why and how a scholar took up the gun
Dec 13, 2018: ‘Where will we go in this bitter cold?’ ask Kashmiris after encounter operation leaves them homeless – stories of people whose houses have turned into rubble by the security forces in their search operations
2019 – 6 PART SERIES ON KASHMIRI TEENAGERS
Jan 24, 2019: ‘They killed my son for standing outside his house’ – A 6-part series on the aspects of being a teenager in Kashmir: a militant, a protester, a mere bystander and a victim. If you pick a gun, you will be labelled a militant and shot; if you pick a stone, you will be labelled ‘anti-India’ and arrested and put in juvenile homes. If you are lucky, you will only be beaten up a little; if you are not, you will end up with bruises that will never leave you. And if you do neither, you still stand a very high chance of ending up being arrested or killed.
Jan 29, 2019: ‘Encounter of Saqib and Mudassir shows Hajin is no longer identified with Ikhwanis’ – Part II of kashmiri teenagers’ stories – What forces a 15-year-old to pick up a gun? What forces a 12-year-old to pick a stone to hurl at security forces? What makes a 17-year-old believe that death at the hands of Indian forces is a better option that living a ‘normal’ life?
Jan 31, 2019: ‘My son, 14, was forced to pick up the gun ‘ Part III of Kashmir teenagers’ stories – the third of the six-part series, we speak to the family of Mudassir Ahmed Parray, who recently achieved the dubious title of the youngest militant killed in an encounter in Kashmir at 14.
Feb 3, 2019: ‘Every time we see policemen, our blood boils’ Part IV of Kashmiri teenagers stories – fourth in the six-part series, we look at what happens to teenagers who do not get killed by security forces and instead, are merely arrested.The teenagers are regularly beaten up while the state government regularly files cases against them ruining their chance to live a decent life.
Feb 8, 2019: Need for a separate police wing to deal with Juvenile cases in J&K: Advocate Mir Urfi -the fifth of the six-part series, we speak with Advocate Mir Urfi to understand how Juvenile justice has been systematically ignored in the state and how it has further alienated teenagers of the Valley.
Feb 24, 2019: Kashmiri teenagers living in fear, suffering from trauma: Dr Arshad Hussain In the last of the six-part series, TCN speaks with Dr Arshad Hussain, one of the leading psychiatrist of the Kashmir. Dr Hussain, who has been practising for over two decades, warns that the ongoing conflict is having a severe and irreparable damage of the minds of the teenagers.
Mar 3, 2019: ‘Those who beat war drums from their cosy homes should see our life on the border’ – story of people living around the LOC where heavy shelling takes place and the people live in perpetual fear that they might die or their houses destroyed.
AUGUST 11, 2019 – CURRENT SITUATON
Interview with a local Kashmiri journalist on the situation on the ground – TwoCircles.net managed to get in touch with a Kashmiri resident journalist Raqib Naik who somehow has some access to the internet and had a candid conversation with him.
AUGUST 13, 2019: 6,000 miles away, son sees father in Kashmir on TV – a son living miles away in UK, unable to contact his parents suddenly sees his father on the TV screen on Eid pleading to the army personnel to be allowed to go the mosque – read the heart rending story.