Anuradha Bhasin
Anuradha Bhasin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Kashmir region reporting |
Anuradha Bhasin (also known as Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal) is an Indian journalist based in the city of Jammu. She is the executive editor of Kashmir Times, a newspaper founded by her father Ved Bhasin.[1][2]
Born to Vimal and Ved Bhasin,[3] Anuradha has worked at the Kashmir Times since 1989 when she joined the publication as a trainee reporter.[4]
She was a fellow under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan for the year of 2016,[5] and has published in peer reviewed academic journals such as the Journal of Borderlands Studies,[6] and the Economic and Political Weekly.[7] Bhasin is noted for being one of the first to conduct in-depth investigative reporting on the psychological aspects of people living in the Kashmir conflict region.[5]
She was instrumental in the filing of a writ at the Supreme Court of India, which resulted in partial restoration of communication services during the 2019–2020 Jammu and Kashmir lockdown.[8] Following the litigation, the offices of the newspaper were shut down by authorities and her housing presented with an immediate eviction notice, which according to her was vendetta from the central government.[8] The arbitrary actions by the government against Bhasin and the Kashmir Times received widespread condemnation including from the Editor's Guild of India.[9] She has also been severely critical of other Kashmiri newspaper editors for maintaining silence on prevalent issues in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and characterised their editorial standing as "Orwellian Media Policy 2020".[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Trivedi, Divya (27 September 2019). "Anuradha Bhasin: 'Impossible for journalists to function'". Frontline. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020.
- ^ Mohan, Shriya (16 August 2019). "Anuradha Bhasin, Kashmir Times: 'This is a virtual siege'". Business Line. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Ved Bhasin still living through his progressive ideas: Tarigami". Kashmir Times. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021.
- ^ Rehbar, Quratulain (21 October 2020). "Meet Anuradha Bhasin, a Vocal Journalist Facing Government Crackdown". The Wire. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Anuradha Bhasin". International Journalism Festival. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
- ^ Bhasin Jamwal, Anuradha; Shuchismita (2012). "Women's Voices from Jammu and Kashmir". Journal of Borderlands Studies. 27 (1): 95–104. doi:10.1080/08865655.2012.687533. ISSN 0886-5655.
- ^ Bhasin Jamwal, Anuradha (2013). Pandita, Rahul (ed.). "A Moon of Many Shades". Economic and Political Weekly. 48 (17): 26–29. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 23527183.
- ^ a b Zargar, Safwat (21 October 2020). "As government seals 'Kashmir Times' office, editor Anuradha Bhasin alleges vendetta". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020.
- ^ Subhash, Gatade (28 October 2020). "Who is Afraid of Anuradha Bhasin?". NewsClick. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.
- ^ Sharma, Ashutosh (20 November 2020). "Kashmir Times: Where the mind is without fear…". Frontline. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020.