The Kashmir crisis has shown the challenges of reporting on life under lockdown

Such a model of journalism is scarcely seen these days even in most war zones. Reporters are still cut off from all contact when they conduct interviews – and face harassment from security forces as they do so

In the days after India’s government announced its decision to withdraw Kashmir’s constitutionally-protected autonomy, people in the regional capital Srinagar said it was like being sent back to the stone ages.

Or at least, that’s what they told journalists once they had left Kashmir and landed in Delhi, returning to the world of modern technology – telephone calls and email, never mind WhatsApp and Twitter.

Reporting on the lockdown has presented unique challenges for both international and local media. Even before the current crisis, foreign journalists were required to apply for special government permission to visit and report from Jammu and Kashmir state. No such permits have been granted since 5 August.