People are seething, Kashmir is likely a tinderbox waiting for a spark: Reuters journalist

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thread?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Thread</a> <br><br>I wasn't inclined to tweet about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kashmir?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kashmir</a>, but after seeing the amount of disinformation, I am going to.<br><br>I'm back in the newsroom today after a week in Srinagar. <br><br>Things are NOT normal. <br><br>People are seething. Kashmir is likely a tinderbox waiting for a spark.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161284598397116417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I got there on Monday, just hours after Article 370 was abrogated, the city was locked down.<br><br>I walked a km to find the nicest auto-wallah in the land. <br><br>He didn't have a clue of what had happened, why his city had overnight turned into ghost town -- blanketed with security.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161285188103655426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Later that evening, we spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/shahfaesal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@shahfaesal</a> in his living room. <br><br>Since satellite TVs were still working, news had trickled in.<br><br>“We might see an eruption when the guard is down."<br><br>“People are taking it as an act of humiliation.”<br><br>Then, the pelting began.<a href="https://t.co/ErOWmHjgLP">https://t.co/ErOWmHjgLP</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161285825042309120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The checkpoints were already in, earlier that day. <br><br>Most were coils of concertina wire strewn across roads, accompanied by armed guards.<br><br>This was a special plastic one, for the extra special Lal Chowk. <a href="https://t.co/EO42QUZm7V">pic.twitter.com/EO42QUZm7V</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161286566737788928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">By the next morning, as more information trickled in and more reporters moved about, it seemed like Srinagar was now awash with concentric rings of checkpoints.<br><br>But there was no curfew. Hence, no passes.<br><br>Getting through a checkpoint was sheer luck.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161287137792339972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It wasn't hard to see how the city had been locked down. Unless, of course, you didn't want to.<br><br>In that stretch between Lal Chowk and Gupkar, or parts of Civil Lines, some people moved around. Especially in the evenings. And around the big hospitals through out the day.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161287766686216192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">But if you went around Jamia Majid, Nowhatta, Rainawari, Bemna, Batamaloo and Soura -- NOTHING was normal.<br><br>And people were angry, and frustrated.<br><br>And it would come out in the stone-pelted, every evening, when the troops withdrew.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161288306023444480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now on communications.<br><br>EVERYTHING was down -- except cable TV.<br><br>About 200 police and local administration officials had satellite phones, with several hundred more using a restricted military network.<br><br>Even hospital and fire department staff were without any comms.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161292598184570880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Government Medical College's principal, who runs a hospital network with 3,500 beds, had to personally visit district officials to coordinate stuff.<br><br>“Police stations have been given satellite phones but not him. That shows their (government’s) priority," an official said.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161293065144995840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Srinagar’s fire dept could only radio 21 fire stations. People couldn't reach them, except for actually turning up at a station.<br><br>“Communication is a lifeline,” said one fire official who requested anonymity. “Only if someone contacts us can we do something.”</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161293612400775169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And then, the local press, which had working in a vacuum.<br><br>A reporter told me there had been stone-pelting 2 km away from this newsroom on Monday. He didn't find out till 4 hours later.<br><br>And only 5 newspapers out of 174 dailies in the Valley were publishing.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161294402716704768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“This is the biggest story of our generation and we haven’t been able to report it,” an editor told me.<a href="https://t.co/IGW14WeMjW">https://t.co/IGW14WeMjW</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161294404944052224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Of course, rumors swirled around all day. In Srinagar's press enclave, there was endless chatter. <br><br>Hilariously, the govt even called a couple of press conferences, if I remember correctly.<br><br>Most didn't know it was called till it was over. Or how to get the information out.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161295100766371840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many reporters and photojournalists were also scared to go into certain parts of town. <br><br>Security forces were hostile; they didn't want disturbances to be reported.<br><br>Protests were hostile; they were angry at the spin on TV news.<br><br>So, we sneaked into downtown on a cute Scooty!</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161295737994350592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Then, one night, after Modi's speech: <br><br>1. A fighter jet hovered above central Srinagar<br>2. The moon played hide and seek with clouds<br>3. Arnab kept shouting that Kashmir was normal<br><br>I just went to bed.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161296230586052608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Almost every Kashmiri I spoke to, described the abrogation as a "betrayal".<br><br>So, Modi's words mattered little to dozens of people I spoke to the next day. <br><br>They weren't going to believe anything he said anymore.<br><br>The tension was building. Friday prayers.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161296895886548992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This happened.<br><br> Indian police used tear gas and pellets to fight back at least 10,000 people protesting Delhi’s withdrawal of special rights for Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir state in its main city of Srinagar on Friday.<a href="https://t.co/YPhJmpUdl1">https://t.co/YPhJmpUdl1</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161297219485495298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Saturday, the city opened up -- again, IN SOME PARTS.<br><br>Yes, there were people, bikes, and traffic -- IN SOME PARTS.<br><br>Yes, shops and street stalls were open -- IN SOME PARTS.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161297561887502336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When we drove into Soura that afternoon, large rocks, wooden platforms, poles and boulders blocked the main street, and shops were shut.<br><br>Security forces sat at a safe distance away.<br><br>On the way, we crossed at least two other blockaded streets. One had a burning type. At 1 pm.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161298111702003712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Sunday, as I left, there was word of another protest at Soura. <br><br>It was accurate, with hundreds pouring out on to the streets. <a href="https://t.co/p5pYUsheih">https://t.co/p5pYUsheih</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161299502159945729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today is/was the ninth day that Kashmir is locked down, under an information blackout. <br><br>The next few days at critical, with some easing of restrictions likely around Aug 15-16. <br><br>But that may well light the fuse. Still, how long can you keep Kashmir locked up?</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161299504437460992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My <a href="https://twitter.com/ReutersIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ReutersIndia</a> colleagues are still reporting the story, without bias, putting themselves at significant risk the whole time. <br><br>You can follow our complete, continuing coverage here: <a href="https://t.co/VoxAVWimO2">https://t.co/VoxAVWimO2</a><br><br>Thank you for reading.</p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161299506559721473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Azzurri]

In before bakhat army

 

[Instigation22]

But but but... there were no major protests

 

[Kashmirilion]

#fakenews. #antiindiajournalist. #isiagenda.

 

[Asim_khan]

#fakenews. #antiindiajournalist. #isiagenda.

Exactly. He's obviously been paid by Ex Ambassador Basit. Why not tell the truth, Kashmiris love their bhaijaan Modi and appreciate him cleansing Kashmir or Kashmiri's

 

[MRSN]

10k marching in streets against decision. Imagine if this mob turn into violent mob. Things will get ugly very fast.

 

[JaDed]

Sounds genuine..

 

[Civil]

Let's begin the points table, I wonder which will get most dings in this round of the game show.

- slandering the reporter - "never heard of him"..."stooge of Congress"
- slandering Reuters - lol
- everything is fine look at this ANI article and look no soldiers dead yet must mean kashmiris accepted this.

Then we will get to bonus round:
- Modi/shah team actually precalculated this Reuters report. This is part of the plan! They are absolute genius they want to look like it's total human rights violation and kashmiris are helpless what a master stroke.
- foreign diplomatic support/forex reserves of India are so great so take that
- kargil
- 1971
- Pakistan is just as bad so it's ok for us to be this bad.

And my personal favourite

- fake "Realism" i.e. basically an admission that this is all wrong at all levels but I have no choice but to side with BJP as I am a worshipper so I will say things like "nothing kashmiris can do about it so just live with it and succumb"

 

[Hamza_]

Indians are deluded.

 

[Syed1]

Nahi bhai fake new hai..... Hindustan Times ya Times of India ki source lao tou baat bunnay )

 

[slipcatch]

Let's begin the points table, I wonder which will get most dings in this round of the game show.

- slandering the reporter - "never heard of him"..."stooge of Congress"
- slandering Reuters - lol
- everything is fine look at this ANI article and look no soldiers dead yet must mean kashmiris accepted this.

Then we will get to bonus round:
- Modi/shah team actually precalculated this Reuters report. This is part of the plan! They are absolute genius they want to look like it's total human rights violation and kashmiris are helpless what a master stroke.
- foreign diplomatic support/forex reserves of India are so great so take that
- kargil
- 1971
- Pakistan is just as bad so it's ok for us to be this bad.

And my personal favourite

- fake "Realism" i.e. basically an admission that this is all wrong at all levels but I have no choice but to side with BJP as I am a worshipper so I will say things like "nothing kashmiris can do about it so just live with it and succumb"

sums up every Bharti Hindutva. lol

 

[Ram Shekhar]

I'm just waiting for my fellow nationals to come out and refute the tweets. How far have we fallen as a nation! #Ashamed #IndianSecularsAreCrying

 

[jadaja]

The Same BBC which reported violence also reported the EID was celebrated in Kashmir very peacefully.

It is an opinion of one guy , it is not news.

 

[jadaja]

If all it is some demontrations and some pellets gun attack so far in Kashmir.Kashmir is good shape.These media guys have to sensationalize everything.

The only credible demostration which took place is in Sura if that is all it has taken place in Kashmir for last nine days , Govt is doing just fine.

Govt does not have to worry about why media is worried about communication blackouts.

Their primary motive is protect lives not worry what these media people need.Let these guys look elsewhere to get their headline news.

Indian govt should take its time in lifting communication restrictions.There are other credible sources who are reporting too.

 

[slipcatch]

The Same BBC which reported violence also reported the EID was celebrated in Kashmir very peacefully.

It is an opinion of one guy , it is not news.

If all it is some demontrations and some pellets gun attack so far in Kashmir.Kashmir is good shape.These media guys have to sensationalize everything.

The only credible demostration which took place is in Sura if that is all it has taken place in Kashmir for last nine days , Govt is doing just fine.

Govt does not have to worry about why media is worried about communication blackouts.

Their primary motive is protect lives not worry what these media people need.Let these guys look elsewhere to get their headline news.

Indian govt should take its time in lifting communication restrictions.There are other credible sources who are reporting too.

lol

 

[jadaja]

People are doing fine job here by posting only convenient material .

 

[cricketjoshila]

The only big demonstration took place at Soura with couple of 100 people. The govt said the same.

 

[King-Misbah]

People are doing fine job here by posting only convenient material .

What about the worlds biggest democracy and freedom of expression? Nehu and Gandhi ji would be disappointed.

 

[Kashmirilion]

The only big demonstration took place at Soura with couple of 100 people. The govt said the same.

OK. Your honest innocent can do no harm and lie government said so. Will take it as gospel.

Close thread everyone.. anti India media have been exposed!

 

[Uzi]

The Indians here are a joke. It’s all fake news if it doesn’t comply with their narrative.

 

[jadaja]

What about the worlds biggest democracy and freedom of expression? Nehu and Gandhi ji would be disappointed.

If there was no freedom of expression this guy from Reuters wouldn't have tweeted those tweets and roam in Kashmir .

Are public being inconvenienced by these shutdowns yes but is it not better than losing lives.Indian Govt is doing this to protect lives.

Kashmir will get everything it is just matter of time why are people so impatient.They had 70 years to do their ways now let govt do it its way.

People need to stop looking for faults.

 

[jadaja]

The Indians here are a joke. It’s all fake news if it doesn’t comply with their narrative.

Other views points are not being posted that is the biggest joke.

 

[slipcatch]

Other views points are not being posted that is the biggest joke.

Over billion people.

Biggest troll population online.

Appear every time if the word "Pakistan" appear online.

Even on this forum, at times, Indians are given leniency to post their propaganda and spin any negative news regarding India.

And this guy talking about other view point are not being posted?

Great.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

The only big demonstration took place at Soura with couple of 100 people. The govt said the same.

Honest answer please, are you supporter of RSS?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Honest answer please, are you supporter of RSS?

I support my country. Rest doesnot matter. My views were same when Congress was in power, same when Modi is in power and will be same when the next guy is sworn in.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And notes from the valley by <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/NihaMasih?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NihaMasih</a>.<br><br>“Right now, Kashmir is like a dormant volcano."<br><br>Again, worth mentioning that we didn't meet while on assignment in Srinagar, and reported entirely independently.<a href="https://t.co/1cB632ijgt">https://t.co/1cB632ijgt</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161862280520196096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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More fake news outlets.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

There is something going on between China and Hong Kong as well. Have read that they have sent their tanks and forces near Hong Kong border.

 

[jadaja]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And notes from the valley by <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/NihaMasih?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NihaMasih</a>.<br><br>“Right now, Kashmir is like a dormant volcano."<br><br>Again, worth mentioning that we didn't meet while on assignment in Srinagar, and reported entirely independently.<a href="https://t.co/1cB632ijgt">https://t.co/1cB632ijgt</a></p>— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevjyotGhoshal/status/1161862280520196096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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More fake news outlets.

It is awesome that govt is taking all precaution to stop media and stop violence.There is nothing wrong in what they are doing at all.

 

[rhony]

I guess the curfiew is warranted for a few more days then. People seem to think it will burst as soon as it's lifted. For the safety of people of Kashmir, curfiew will be imposed until they cool down. It's worth the hassle to save lives.