TV News anchor : @IndiaToday @aajtak 📺
Reports from India's borders & interiors.
Jun 30, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Thread: Danger of free-pass to Muslim fundamentalists, by journalists.
On the day Rahul Bhat was shot dead in Kashmir (in series of Hindu killings), #WashingtonPost instead published a column- "Muslims fear the worst".
Infuriating deflection but pattern did not surprise.
After Art 370 abrog in 2019, despite no mass violence nor civilian killings, NYT published, "Inside Kashmir, a living hell" + Melodrama column by Arundhati Roy.
Deliberate discourse served to global audience by ignoring ground reality of Jihadism & Pak-funded radicalisation.
Dec 2, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
How dare you, @DilliDurAst , misquote my report to suit your hate-filled, petty agendas. Rather than listen to teary-eyed Pandits in same report- with eagerness to return, you are shameful to play around with nomenclature of camp/Township?
Bcz, you wr forced to live in neither?
Yes, tent camps have given way to dilapidated apartments. And that makes anti-minority rhetoric alright?
Instead of empathising that KPs are still not rehabilitated by govts in Kashmir, we have scaremongering - that they will take over Kashmir!
And not even initiate a beginning?
Sep 13, 2019 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
An inspirational story of Avtar Singh and his Khalsa bakery.
Orphaned during partition violence, a young boy trekked to Indian border. Survived pain & loss... and worked hard to become the famous baker in J&K's Udhampur. #India#Pakistan#Jammu#Kashmirindiatoday.in/amp/india/stor…
"At his funeral we realised the impact Papaji (father) had created on people's lives. Dozens of locals were in tears when they recounted tales of financial help or opportunities they received from him - all in secrecy. Even we were taken aback," said his son. #Udhampur
Sep 6, 2019 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Let me take you through Kashmir in pics and videos, clicked during my long stay there.
No generalisations or exaggerations for either side.
This sunset at the Zero Bridge. Srinagar.
Families await at the Centaur Hotel, waiting to meet mainstream leaders im detention.
Aug 8, 2019 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
Thread alert:
They are, now, equal.
In 1957, marginalised Valmikis were brought to J&K by govt. to quell union protest & clean streets.
3 generations later but no Permanent Residence Certificate, STILL forced to work as Safai Karamcharis.
Heartwrenching stories follow-
Listen to this man crying. #Article35A
"I am Sanitation worker. Remained hungry, saved money to take her to exam centre. She cleared but was denied due to PRC Residency."
He worked as Sanitation worker - with low wages, in hope for children future. Family not allowed a Govt job
