It has been more than a year since New Delhi scrapped Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status. Why has the region’s history been so hotly disputed - on the ground and in the news media - since India’s independence from the United Kingdom more than 70 years ago?

Contributors:

Rahul Pandita - Journalist and author, Our Moon Has Blood Clots

Siddiq Wahid - Senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research India

Nitasha Kaul - Associate professor, University of Westminster

Suhasini Haidar - National and diplomatic affairs editor, The Hindu

Aarti Tikoo Singh - Foreign affairs editor, Indo-Asian News Service

Against all odds: Reporting under Kashmir’s communications blackout

What has the revocation of Article 370 - and the security lockdown and communication blackout that followed - meant for Kashmiris and the journalists trying to tell their stories?

Contributors:

Anuradha Bhasin - Executive editor, Kashmir Times

Peerzada Ashiq - Senior journalist, The Hindu

Syed Shahriyar - Photojournalist

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