The Kashmir Walla
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| Editor | Fahad Shah[1] |
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| Categories | Social, Art, Politics [2] |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 7 May 2011 |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Website | thekashmirwalla |
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The Kashmir Walla is a monthly digital magazine and a daily news website that focuses on society, art and politics.[1] It publishes features, profiles, opinion pieces, investigative pieces, reportage, along with, art, photography, fiction and poetry. It also publishes interviews, personal narrative pieces and reviews. A team of journalists, activists, freelancers, artists, and poets, contribute to the magazine, apart from the coverage by its staff writers.
The Kashmir Walla's mission is "to highlight the issues related to art, politics and society". It also has a section called "Daily Post" wherein daily pieces are published. The magazine stopped its publication for one year in 2017 and in April 2018 they started their publication again.
It is a first such online magazine based on a particular theme every month.
It is run from Jammu and Kashmir, India. The first issue came on 7 May 2011. Before being an online magazine, it has a long history which goes back to the winter of the year 2009.
History
The Kashmir Walla was first started as a blog in February 2009 from Srinagar, Kashmir by Fahad Shah, a journalist and writer.[3]
The blog published stories, opinions and photos of the founder himself and also the contributions from many prominent bloggers and journalists of many countries. In the summer of the year 2010, the blog was converted into a full-fledged website thekashmirwalla.com in which videos, fiction, poetry and paintings were added to the existing features. The website with all its features received good response from readers throughout the globe. In its short time as the website and operated single-handedly it was a success in attracting a good readership.
After twenty-six months as a blog and then a website, it became an online magazine with a focus on art, political and social issues. The first issue of magazine was viewed by numerous visitors in early hours of the day.
The content of the magazine is re-published by many different organisations throughout the world.[4][not in citation given]
Contribution
Students, writers, poets, photographers, artists and journalists are submitting their work to the magazine. It has, so far, published contributors like Mridu Rai, author of Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects, Omair Ahmad who is an Indian writer. His book Jimmy the Terrorist was shortlisted for the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize,[5] David Barsamian, a well known independent journalist and commentator, Siddhartha Gigoo, author of the novel, The Garden of Solitude, and many others.
Accolades
" ...story of ordinary Kashmiris, and the havoc that the conflict in the Valley has unleashed in their lives, that is mirrored on the Kashmirwalla website...the Kashmirwalla aims at painting the real picture of Kashmir across the world sans censorship and biases...Short stories, poems, profiles and autobiographical narratives published on the website poignantly reflect the chequered everyday lives of the people of the valley...has photo essays that chronicle the changing times in Kashmir. "[6] - The Sunday Guardian
" The Kashmir Walla, a monthly online magazine, which tells stories of Kashmir. "[7] - The Indian Express
" There has been brutal murder on the streets of Srinagar and that has not been reported well in India, so they turned to new media... opened up websites like Kashmirwalla and I'm heartened by that." — Mirza Waheed, author of The Collaborator.[8] - Al Jazeera
" Fahad Shah...publishes the nascent monthly online magazine The Kashmir Walla."[9] - Mint (newspaper)
"A monthly online magazine called, The Kashmir Walla. "[10] - NDTV
Awards
Fahad Shah, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Kashmir Walla was shortlisted as finalist for the 2011 Manthan South Asia Award that felicitates emerging digital innovators. It was for his contribution in the field of e-news and media field. The nominations for this award come from eight countries of South Asia. He was nominated for his foundation and work, The Kashmir Walla magazine.[11][12]
External links
- Official website Online edition of The Kashmir Walla
- Kashmir Walla on Columbia Journalism Review
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "What It's Like Inside Kashmir During the Shutdown". Time. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Kashmir: 2 Years After Burhan Wani". The Diplomat. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Author Page".
- ↑ "Errors in Indian Census tamper Muslim percentage".
- ↑ "Man Asian Literary Prize | Man Asian Literary Prize website and entry form". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
- ↑ The Sunday Guardian Newspaper
- ↑ The Indian Express, October, 2, 2011
- ↑ Kashmir: South Asia's Palestine
- ↑ Mint Newspaper
- ↑ On Ndtv
- ↑ 2011 Manthan South Asia Award
- ↑ Manthan Award
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