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When Anzal*, a 25-year-old journalist working with a leading newsroom, walked into work the morning after the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, the energy in the office felt different. Conversations stopped when he entered. Later, as colleagues huddled over tea, he heard the whispers — not directed at him, but loud enough to wound.

“Yeh Kashmiri aisa kyun karte hain?” (Why do Kashmiris do this?)

“In logon ko itni problem kyon hoti hai?” (What's their problem?)

He didn’t respond. He says silence felt like the

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