To analyse media in relation to the Kashmir conflict would mean to look at broadly three different narratives emerging from the Indian media, Pakistan media and Kashmir media. They tell distinct stories of competing nationalisms – dwarfing or magnifying the human element to suit their differing interests. Interwoven in the media story of Jammu and Kashmir are the regional sub-nationalisms, turning it into Jammu versus Kashmir, as the two regions of the state pull in different directions.
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