New Delhi
A section of Indian civil society is up in arms against US-based Pulitzer Board for awarding the coveted prize to two Kashmiri photojournalists for their work during the crippling military lockdown following abrogation of occupied Kashmir’s special status on August 5, last year.
Around 16 vice-chancellors of Indian universities, retired defence personnel, former senior bureaucrats, Olympians and five Padma Shri awardees are among the over 100 people who have signed an open letter to the administrator, board and jury of the Pulitzer Prize 2020, objecting to the award given to the two Kashmir Valley based photojournalists, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin. Besides Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin, a Jammu-based journalist, Channi Anand, was also given the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in the Feature Photography category for their coverage on occupied Kashmir. —KMS
