Reporting in Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370 is not easy, especially for a reporter from outside Kashmir. It has become a ritual to invite contempt from the people of Srinagar right at the moment of introduction. The choicest expletives are reserved for the “Indian media”, who most of the people in the Kashmiri capital felicitate as “propagandists”, “bootlickers” and “sellouts”.
“We’ll speak to you,” they say politely, “but we know you’ll not tell our side of the story.”
