Nobody Will Tell You This About Kashmir. So I Will.

Everyone talks about Kashmir’s militancy and politics.

Almost nobody talks about its information economy : a parallel power structure built on grievance, manufactured victimhood, and carefully curated narratives.

The Kashmir Times–Bhasin axis represents that invisible architecture. Let’s talk facts.

Anuradha Bhasin & Kashmir Times have a documented record that aligns more with Pakistan’s information strategy than India’s constitutional reality:

- 2019: Bhasin’s SC petition framed post-370 security as “state blackout,” fully omitting Pakistan-backed terror that forced security restrictions.

-2023: NYT op-ed portraying India as authoritarian instantly weaponised by anti-India lobbies abroad. She accused the government of press repression and warning the rest of India may resemble Kashmir.

- 2022–25: Her book A Dismantled State later listed among banned secessionist literature for presenting India as an “occupier state.”

- 2020: Srinagar office sealed for illegal occupation of govt premises, packaged globally as “press persecution.”

This is not dissent.
This is
strategic narrative intervention.

Does being pro-Muslim mean being anti-women?

For decades, India's political class claimed to protect Muslims. But when it came to Muslim women, they chose silence.

PM Modi's Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 is changing that.

Here’s how:

(1/) 1. Muslim women had NO say in Waqf decisions.

Waqf Boards were male-dominated and opaque.

Land meant for schools & hospitals was misused—

No woman at the table, no one to ask why.

Under the new amendment, Shias, Sunnis, Bohras, Agha Khanis, backward Muslims, women, and non-Muslim experts will all be represented,

(2/)

1. Khalid Baig is the latest victim of what seems to be a targeted campaign to stifle and muzzle voices of rationality.

Such efforts leading to the permanent suspension of his Twitter handle should be viewed from the broader context of how Big Tech's biases are in violation of 2. Constitutional law. Article 19 of Indian Constitution (Freedom of Expression) is being violated by permanently banning the individuals account.

What is worse is how Big Tech firms can arbitrarily suspend accounts and obfuscate from the responsibility claiming its the work of

Personal 🧵: Whenever I visited Delhi during my childhood days it’s a ritual to buy a hanuman ji Ka gada before we cross jhandewalan.. there is a big hanuman ji Ka statue there n in light of my plump cheeks I used to be called hanuman by my mom so I used to imitate hanuman ji. My mother used to say eat your food n be strong like hanuman ji. That caused me to eat the things I used to loathe as a child as well :P My childhood was mostly me imitating hanuman ji while eating, in fancy dress n what not.

Long 🧵 on #TheKashmirFiles.Pls bear with me n it's not to hurt anybody's sentiments. But it's imp sometimes to have an objective reflection of events and instances in life. Goebbels said:“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, n eventually they will believe it”. 1/20 I think Goebbels will be extremely happy with the lies carried out by the left ecosystem for over 3 decades on the plight of KP community n their exodus n genocide. I took the entire weekend to contemplate over – ‘The Kashmir Files’. Here is my take on it. 2/20