The following is the interview of Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-Chief of Rising Kashmir, Buland Kashmir (Urdu daily) and Sangarmal (Kashmiri daily) based in Srinagar, on the situation in the Valley and the difficulties and hardships faced by the media in its functioning there. This was published in the August 13, 2016 (Independence Day Special) issue of Mainstream. He replied to a set of questions (including one on what should be done now to improve the situation) from Mainstream. This is being reproduced as a tribute to the abiding memory of Shujaat Bukhari now that he is no more having been assassinated in downtown Srinagar on June 14, 2018.
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