As India embraced its 78th Independence Day, its renewed experiment in J&K offers not just a national uplift but a global story: that even the most fragile places can find resilience when governance is steady,

The federally appointed government in the contested region has declared 25 books off limits, part of what many see as a pattern of repression.

April's terror attack triggered one of the worst military escalations in decades between India and Pakistan, which saw dozens of people killed in cross-border shelling as well as drone and missile attacks on both sides. The conflict began after India struck alleged militant hideouts in Pakistan on 7 May to avenge the killings.

SRINAGAR- The Jammu and Kashmir government has declared 25 books as ‘forfeited’ under the law for contributing to the radicalization of youth, glorification of terrorists, vilification of security forces, and promotion of alienation among the people. Among them is a book by author Arundhati Roy.