GOWHAR GEELANI : Articles

Why everyone likes a dead journalist in Kashmir

BY GOWHAR GEELANI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |27/03/2018

Maqbool Sahil is dead. For 20 years, he struggled to make ends meet. No one bothered. At his death, everyone woke up.

Lying about Kashmir with old videos

BY GOWHAR GEELANI| IN OPINION |22/07/2016

When channels air old footage to tarnish demonstrators, they act as partners of the army, spreading propaganda instead of the facts.

Between a rock and a hard place

BY GOWHAR GEELANI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |27/07/2015

To be a journalist in Kashmir is to be prey to violence, suspicion, accused of taking sides and having to think of the consequences of every word.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.