Kashmir, May 5: Associated Press photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for Kashmir. The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and the arts were announced on Monday after being postponed by the coronavirus outbreak. According to a report on Kashmirwalla, Yasin and Khan are based in Srinagar, while Anand is based in the neighbouring Jammu district.

In 2019, the Narendra Modi government revoked Article 370 and Article 35A of Indian constitution. There were curfews and also shutdowns of the phone and the internet services after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.  Jailed Reuters Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo Receives Pulitzer Prize for Revealing Rohingya Muslims Crisis in Myanmar.

There were communication blockade and arrest of thousands of people including three former Chief Ministers, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. Farooq Abdullah and Omar were released recently after over seven months of detention. Amid the internet blackout and suspension of other communication channels, these Indian photojournalists found ways to show the world what was happening inside Kashmir during this time.

 

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The initial Pulitzer ceremony, which was scheduled for April 20, was postponed because the Pulitzer Board members were busy covering the pandemic. The awards luncheon has been postponed as well. The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism were first awarded in 1917 and are considered the field's most prestigious honour in the US.

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