I am a freelance multimedia journalist and editor based in Srinagar, India. I have seven years of reporting and editing experience, covering the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir and the resulting human rights crisis in the state. In 2017, I won the Red Ink award for excellence in journalism in the human rights category for a series of reports (linked here, here, and here) on the situation in Kashmir after militant commander Burhan Wani was killed in July 2016. I have worked as a staffer for Scroll.in and Firstpost before taking up freelance work. My work has focused on the coverage of the Kashmir conflict, reporting on the region's politics, ongoing militancy, human rights, press freedom, and the relationship between mainland India and Kashmir with a focus on security operations in Kashmir. I also cover stories of human interest, lifestyle and culture. My work has appeared in Scroll.in, Firstpost, Newslaundry, Article 14, Times of India TOI+, Fifty Two, Rest of World, Sveriges Radio, South China Monitoring Post, and other publications.
I am available for freelance reporting or editing work. You can reach out to me over email at rayanhnaqash [at] gmail [dot] com for commissions, tips, or just to say hi. I am also on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Selected Writings
- Harassed, Raided, Starved Of Funding, Criminalised: The Year Kashmir’s Media Went Silent | Article 14
- India’s War on Fact Checking Can Be Dangerous | New Lines Magazine
- 'Extremely violent and brutal': India's Islamophobia problem has no end in sight | The New Arab
- Dead-End Jobs, One Room Quarters: Why Islamophobia Won't Get The Kashmiri Pandits Home | Article 14
- “As important as water is to life”: How internet blackouts stifled Kashmir’s digital economy | Rest of World
- How a booming tourist season is giving Kashmiris hope again | Times of India +
- Homelands | Fifty Two
- Kashmir governor’s public relations blitz leaves the press in tatters | Newslaundry
- Panopticon of fear and rumours: Inside Kashmir’s media centre during lockdown | Newslaundry
- Burhan Wani’s era ends as insurgency moves back to secrecy | Kashmir Walla
- Comrades who won Kulgam “by the grace of God” | Kashmir Walla
- The city militants: Srinagar back on radar | Kashmir Walla
- Accidental Jihadist of the IS in Kashmir | Firstpost
- Once rivals, Kashmiri militants turn 'heroes' after death for separatists | Firstpost
- ‘Breaking people’s will’: In Kashmir, gunfights leave a trail of destroyed homes and rising anger | Scroll.in
- India’s crackdown on VPNs in Kashmir seeks to quell cyber-insurgency threat | South China Monitoring Post
Multimedia
- Kvinnorna i kläm i Kashmir | Sveriges Radio
- Unga i Kashmir om framtiden | Sveriges Radio
- Homeless And Nationless: Rohingya Refugees In Jammu | Article 14
Research Papers
- Conceptual Analysis of censorship in Kashmir Media (Under Process)
In Media
In Media
- The Caravan: Dead lines: How journalism in Kashmir has been driven to the edge (2022)
- Article 14: Kashmir’s New Media Policy Menaces Its Media (2020)
- IJNet: During democracy's longest internet shutdown, journalists in Kashmir continue to report (2020)
- Reporters Without Borders: India: A year of throttling journalism in Kashmir (2020)
- France 24: Latest ‘cow vigilante’ attack in India: Beaten for shooing cows away from their field (2020)
