Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- Indian authorities have banned 25 books in Kashmir for allegedly propagating "secessionism" in the disputed region, where strict controls on the press have escalated in recent years.
The ban threatens people with prison time for selling or owning works by authors such as Booker Prize-winning novelist and activist Arundhati Roy, constitutional expert A.G. Noorani, and noted academicians and historians like Sumantra Bose, Christopher Snedden and Victoria Schofield.
The order was issued on Tuesday by the region's Home Department, which is under the direct control of Lt. Gov. Manoj Sinha, New Delhi's top administrator in Kashmir.
Sinha wields substantial power in the region as the national government's representative, w...
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