No Right To Information? | Kashmir
In the absence of the internet, the demand for newspapers, even if people in Kashmir don't trust them, has never been higher.
Since August 5, the lively newsrooms of Srinagar have fallen silent. Instead, reporters and editors queue up at the grim, government-controlled 'media facilitation centre' housed in a hotel in the city's Sonawar neighbourhood. The spacious, carpeted hall, under CCTV surveillance, houses 10 computers, with Internet access (still blocked in the rest of Kashmir), and a single phone to serve 300 journalists
