'Erasing historical facts': India orders massive crackdown on books in Kashmir's libraries

'Erasing historical facts': India orders massive crackdown on books in Kashmir's libraries Submitted by MEE contributor on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 09:29 Scholars say sweeping purge of school and public archives marks another blow to intellectual freedom in the region A shopkeeper waits for customers at a bookshop in Srinagar, 7 August 2025 (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP) Off Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have ordered a multi-level audit across all public libraries and educational institutions to purge books and digita