Kashmir Universities Ordered to Drop Native Writers

There’s no way to put a gag on people’s memory, say teachers

By: Majid Maqbool

Over the protests of local academicians, the ruling administration in Kashmir has removed the works of two award-winning writers from the curriculum of two government-run universities, claiming their writings propagate “secessionist ideology.”

The two are Basharat Peer’s memoir, The Curfewed Night, and Kashmiri American poet Agha Shahid …