Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War

Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War is a book by Victoria Schofield. In August 2025, a notification was issued by Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department, saying: “…it has come to the notice of the Government, that certain literature propagates false narrative and secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir… This literature would deeply impact the psyche of youth by promoting (a) culture of grievance, victimhood and terrorist heroism.”

Its interest lies in how censors blur depiction, endorsement, and imitation, treating a book's violent material as if it were already an act. As a book, it can be read not only for subject matter but for the way form, tone, and circulation make a text feel dangerous, intimate, or politically usable to anxious officials.

It also matters as part of a wider censorship history in India. The present page is a dossier starter built from source-tracked ban records; the surviving note currently says: In August 2025, a notification was issued by Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department, saying: “…it has come to the notice of the Government, that certain literature propagates. More publication history, translations, and close reading can be added later.

Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War entered censorship debates as a book associated with risk, sensational culture, and violence. In the current dossier, the main state objections cluster around incitement to violence and violence.

The earliest event currently captured here is 2025 in India, where Government of Jammu and Kashmir banned publication, sale, or possession. In August 2025, a notification was issued by Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department, saying: “…it has come to the notice of the Government, that certain literature propagates. In August 2025, a notification was issued by Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department, saying: “…it has come to the notice of the Government, that certain literature propagates false narrative and secessionism in Jammu.

This entry is still incomplete: more jurisdictions, court orders, and translated justifications should be added over time.

This page is intentionally incomplete. The ban history is a starter dataset, not a final census of every jurisdiction or decree.

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