{"id":180727,"date":"2025-08-07T10:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=180727"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:13:35","slug":"india-bans-25-books-to-erase-kashmirs-truth-control-narrative-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/07\/india-bans-25-books-to-erase-kashmirs-truth-control-narrative-scholars.html","title":{"rendered":"India bans 25 books to control narrative: Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"#BanOnBooksInIIOJK and #ModiBansTruthInKashmir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Srinagar: In a sweeping move to throttle intellectual freedom and suppress the truth about the Kashmir dispute, India has ordered the confiscation of 25 books in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, claiming they pose a threat to \u201cIndia\u2019s integrity\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, Civil society, academics and rights groups have condemned the ban as part of a broader strategy to silence Kashmiri voices, whitewash India\u2019s crimes, and control the territory\u2019s narrative through brute censorship.<\/p>\n

Senior APHC leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, reacting strongly to the ban, in a statement issued in Srinagar said: \u201cBanning books by scholars and reputed historians will not erase historical facts and the repertoire of lived memories of people of Kashmir. It only exposes the insecurities and limited understanding of those behind such authoritarian actions, and the contradiction in proudly hosting the ongoing Book Festival to showcase its literary commitment!\u201d<\/p>\n

The APHC and other political groups said such repressive steps reflect India\u2019s growing intolerance toward truth and resistance literature, which documents the suffering, aspirations, and legacy of the Kashmiri people.<\/p>\n

Scholars have also denounced the ban as a desperate attempt to bury the truth. Banning books that narrate Kashmiris\u2019 pain exposes Modi regime\u2019s authoritarian mindset, they said. \u201cThis is not about national security; it is about narrative control,\u201d said Professor Andrabi, a retired educationist. \u201cIndia wants to erase the memory, the pain, and the political history of Kashmiris.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Hussain, a prominent political analyst, said the order reflects the Modi regime\u2019s fear of documented truths. \u201cWhen a state fears books, it reveals how fragile its claim over Kashmir is. No ban can silence historical facts or lived realities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The banned books include critical works authored by reputed Kashmiri, Indian, and international writers. These are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n

    The Kashmir Dispute: A Dismantled State \u2014 A G Noorani<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370 \u2014 Anuradha Bhasin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Azadi \u2014 Arundhati Roy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Resisting Disappearance \u2014 Ather Zia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Mujahid Ki Azaan \u2014 Hasan Al Banna Shaheed<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Independent Kashmir \u2014 Christopher Snedden<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \n

    In Search of a Future (The Story of Kashmir) \u2014 David Devadas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. \n

    Kashmir Politics and Plebiscite \u2014 Dr Abdul Jabbar Gockhami<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  9. \n

    Tarikh-i-Siyasat \u2014 Dr Afaq Aziz<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  10. \n

    USA and Kashmir \u2014 Dr Shamshad Shan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  11. \n

    Do You Remember Kunan-Poshpora? \u2014 Essar Batool, Ifrah Butt, Munaza Rashid, Natasha Rather, and Samreena Mushtaq<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  12. \n

    Colonizing Kashmir: State-building Under Indian Occupation \u2014 Hafsa Kanjwal<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  13. \n

    Resisting Occupation in Kashmir \u2014 Haley Duschinski, Mona Bhan, Ather Zia, Cynthia Mahmood<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  14. \n

    Kashmiris\u2019 Fight for Freedom \u2014 Muhammed Yusuf Saraf<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  15. \n

    Al Jihadul fil Islam \u2014 Sayyid Abul Aala Maududi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  16. \n

    Human Rights Violation in Kashmir \u2014 Piotr Balcerowicz and Agnieszka Kuszewska<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  17. \n

    Law and Conflict Resolution in Kashmir \u2014 Piotr Balcerowicz and Agnieszka Kuszewska<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  18. \n

    Freedom in Captivity \u2014 Radhika Gupta<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  19. \n

    Between Democracy and Nation: Gender and Militarisation in Kashmir \u2014 Seema Kazi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  20. \n

    Confronting Terrorism \u2014 Edited by Maroof Raza<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  21. \n

    Kashmir and The Future of South Asia \u2014 Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  22. \n

    Contested Lands \u2014 Sumantra Bose<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  23. \n

    Kashmir at the Crossroads \u2014 Sumantra Bose<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  24. \n

    Kashmir (The Case of Freedom) \u2014 Tariq Ali, Hilal Bhatt, Angana P Chatterjee, Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  25. \n

    Kashmir in Conflict (India, Pakistan and the unending war) \u2014 Victoria Schofield<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    #BanOnBooksInIIOJK and #ModiBansTruthInKashmir Srinagar: In a sweeping move to throttle intellectual freedom and suppress the truth about the Kashmir dispute, India has ordered the confiscation of 25 books in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, claiming they pose a threat to \u201cIndia\u2019s integrity\u201d. According to Kashmir Media Service, Civil society, academics and rights groups have condemned the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-180727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restrictions","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}