| No Images? Click here  At a time when telecom analysts are beginning to discuss 5G entry in India, landline phones and telephone booths are back on the scene in Kashmir. Landline phones have become a source of income for shopkeepers hit by the lockdown in state, which still doesn’t have mobile and internet connectivity. Meanwhile, Kashmiri journalist Rahul Pandita, who believes the abrogation of Article 370 is good for the region, told HuffPost India’s Betwa Sharma that the Modi government is hurting itself in Kashmir. In other news, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie have made it to the Booker Prize shortlist, the winner for which will be announced on October 14. And in her weekly take on how women are portrayed in Indian cinema, Piyasree Dasgupta writes that the titular character of Saaho, written for Prabhas, puts even the 'khambe jaisi khadi hai’ glory of Bollywood misogyny to shame. Amid the chaos, telephone booths, which had almost disappeared from public view in India in the mobile phone era, are back on the scene in Kashmir. In parts of Srinagar where landline connectivity has been restored, owners of wired phones have set up makeshift telephone booths. Hindustan Times reported that many Kashmiris who shut down their public phone booth businesses after being hit by cheap call rates and the internet have reopened them.  In a conversation with HuffPost India, Kashmiri journalist Rahul Pandita talked about the Hindu right’s penchant for pitting Kashmiri pandits against Kashmiri Muslims, and how he was catching internet in the days after August 5. “The anger is only increasing, even for those who find themselves on the fence right now,” he said.  New to this email? You can sign up here.You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard.©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 |
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