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
- In pivotal India elections, a once-radical ideology could propel Modi to a third term
- Meet the young rebels fighting against Myanmar’s junta
- The Explainer Myanmar’s civil war: Is the stalemate breaking?
- After 658 days in jail, Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah shares his story
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