Earlier this month, India and Pakistan nearly went to war. It began with Indian military missile and drone strikes on what it called terrorist targets across an arc from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to Bahawalpur in Punjab. This happened on the night of May 6-7. Pakistan retaliated the next night, with strikes on airbases, from Srinagar in the north to Bhuj (Gujarat) in the south.
The media cacophony on both sides focused on military actions sans verification, while blurring t
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is a researcher, filmmaker, and freelance journalist based in Mumbai. She has written and taken photographs for several Indian and international publications over a decade, and currently teaches media and communication.
