Aakash Hassan is a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir. He began his journalism career in Srinagar, Kashmir as a reporter for Kashmir Life Magazine in 2016. He wrote feature reports with a focus on the insurgency, which has ensued in the disputed Himalayan region from early 1990s. He also reported on politics and health issues. Hassan was also Kashmir correspondent for CNN-News18.
Hassan has contributed to The Christian Science Monitor since 2022, primarily from India. He debuted with “India’s Bridge to Kashmir,” a report about a railway line connecting the region with mainland India, which has sparked hope and worry for Kashmiris.
Hassan is keenly following India’s border disputes with China and Pakistan. He has since written for the Monitor on media rights, politics, tensions in India’s northeast, the infrastructure push on India-China border, and strife in Myanmar.
Stories by Aakash Hassan
- Immigration built this Punjab village into a ‘mini US.’ But has it led to a good life?
- He went to capture the beauty of Hinduism. Then the stampede happened.
- Canada-India relations are at a new low. Why China could be the winner.
- Nepalis thought they were going to Russia to ‘help.’ They were made to fight – and die.
- In pivotal India elections, a once-radical ideology could propel Modi to a third term
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