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The federally appointed government in the contested region has declared 25 books off-limits, part of what many see as a pattern of repression.

By Showkat Nanda and Pranav Baskar

Showkat Nanda reported from Srinagar, Kashmir, and Pranav Baskar from New York.

One book tells the story of Kashmiri women waging a decades-long search for their disappeared loved ones. Another examines how history, politics and local events shaped one of South Asia’s longest conflicts. A third tells the story of democracy under threat in Kashmir, by a journalist who saw it unravel.