Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered publication of 25 books, their copies and other documents be forfeited, citing that such literature propagates false narrative and secessionism in J&K.
As per the public notification issued by the Principal Secretary J&K Home Department Chandraker Bharti, the decision has been taken following the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The government stated that it had come to its notice that certain literature propagates false narrative and secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir. “Available evidence based on investigations and credible intelligence unflinchingly indicate that a significant driver behind youth participation in violence and terrorism has been the systematic dissemination of false narratives and secessionist literature by its persistent internal circulation, often disguised as historical or political commentary, while playing a critical role in misguiding the youth, glorifying terrorism and inciting violence against Indian State,” the order reads.
“Such literature deeply impacts the psyche of youth by promoting a culture of grievance, victimhood, and terrorist heroism. The means by which this literature has contributed to radicalization include distortion of historical facts, glorification of terrorists, vilification of security forces, religious radicalization, promotion of alienation, and pathways to violence and terrorism.”
Acting under Section 98 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the Government declared these books forfeited due to their threat to national integrity and public order.
“The books have also been found to excite secessionism and endanger the sovereignty and integrity of India, thereby attracting the provisions of Sections 152, 196, and 197 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023,” the order reads.
List of Forfeited Books
- Human Rights Violations in Kashmir — Piotr Balcerowicz & Agnieszka Kuszewska
- Kashmiri’s Fight for Freedom — Mohd Yosuf Saraf
- Kashmir Politics and Plebiscite — Dr. Abdul Jabbar
- Independent Kashmir — Christopher Snedden
- The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012 — A.G. Noorani
- Kashmir (The Case for Freedom) — Tariq Ali, Hilal Bhatt, Angana P. Chatterji, Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy
- Azadi — Arundhati Roy
- Freedom in Captivity (Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmiri Frontier) — Radhika Gupta
- Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building under Indian Occupation — Hafsa Kanjwal
- Resisting Occupation in Kashmir — Haley Duschinski, Mona Bhat, Ather Zia, Cynthia Mahmood
- Resisting Disappearance (Military Occupation & Women’s Activism in Kashmir) — Ather Zia
- Between Democracy and Nation (Gender and Militarization in Kashmir) — Seema Kazi
- Confronting Terrorism — Edited by Stephen P. Cohen & Maroof Raza
- Mujahid ki Azaan — Edited by Maulana Mohammad Enayatullah Subhani
- Al Jihadul fil Islam — Moulana Moududi
- Law & Conflict Resolution in Kashmir — Piotr Balcerowicz & Agnieszka Kuszewska
- USA and Kashmir — Dr. Shamshad Shan
- Kashmir & the Future of South Asia — Edited by Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal
- Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora? — Essar Batool and others
- Contested Lands — Sumantra Bose
- Kashmir at the Cross Roads (Inside a 21st Century Conflict) — Sumantra Bose
- In Search of a Future (The Story of Kashmir) — David Devadas
- Kashmir in Conflict (India, Pakistan and the Unending War) — Victoria Schofield
- A Dismantled State (The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370) — Anuradha Bhasin
- Tarikh-i-Siyasat Kashmir — Dr. Afaq
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