{"id":180846,"date":"2025-08-08T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=180846"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:12:23","slug":"banning-books-cannot-erase-history-but-only-fuels-division-mehbooba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/08\/banning-books-cannot-erase-history-but-only-fuels-division-mehbooba.html","title":{"rendered":"Banning books cannot erase history but only fuels division: Mehbooba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180847\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/08\/9-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1003\" \/>Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has said that censorship and curbs on democratic freedoms is taking place in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Accoding to Kashmir Media Service, in a post on X, Mehbooba said democracy thrives on the free exchange of ideas and warned that banning books cannot erase history but only fuels division.<\/p>\n<p>She further said suppressing democratic voices and fundamental rights in Kashmir deepens alienation and mistrust among the people. \u201cCensorship doesn\u2019t silence ideas, it amplifies their resonance,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has said that censorship and curbs on democratic freedoms is taking place in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 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