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'''Anuradha Bhasin''' is an Indian journalist based in the city of [[Jammu]], who is the executive editor of the newspaper ''[[Kashmir Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trivedi|first=Divya|date=27 September 2019|title=Anuradha Bhasin: ‘Impossible for journalists to function’|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article29382196.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohan|first=Shriya|date=16 August 2019|title=Anuradha Bhasin, Kashmir Times: ‘This is a virtual siege’|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/meet/anuradha-bhasin-kashmir-times-this-is-a-virtual-siege/article29108331.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[Business Line]]|language=en}}</ref> She was a fellow under the [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan]] for the year of 2016,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Anuradha Bhasin|url=https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/anuradha-bhasin|access-date=2020-12-07|website=[[International Journalism Festival]]|language=en-US}}</ref> and has published in peer reviewed academic journals such as the ''[[Journal of Borderlands Studies]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bhasin Jamwal|first=Anuradha|last2=Shuchismita|date=2012|title=Women's Voices from Jammu and Kashmir|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2012.687533|journal=[[Journal of Borderlands Studies]]|volume=27|issue=1|pages=95–104|doi=10.1080/08865655.2012.687533|issn=0886-5655}}</ref> and the ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bhasin Jamwal|first=Anuradha|date=2013|editor-last=Pandita|editor-first=Rahul|title=A Moon of Many Shades|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23527183|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=48|issue=17|pages=26–29|issn=0012-9976|via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref> Bhasin is noted for being one of the first to conduct in-depth investigative reporting on the psychological aspects of people living in the [[Kashmir conflict]] region.<ref name=":1" />

Born to Vimal and Ved Bhasin,<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 June 2015|title=Ved Bhasin still living through his progressive ideas: Tarigami|url=http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=47442|website=[[Kashmir Times]]}}</ref> Anuradha has worked at the ''Kashmir Times'' since 1989 when she joined the publication as a trainee reporter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rehbar|first=Quratulain|date=21 October 2020|title=Meet Anuradha Bhasin, a Vocal Journalist Facing Government Crackdown|url=https://thewire.in/media/anuradha-bhasin-kashmir-time-crackdown|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]}}</ref>

She was instrumental in the filing of a writ at the [[Supreme Court of India]], which resulted in partial restoration of communication services during the [[2019–2020 Jammu and Kashmir lockdown]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Zargar|first=Safwat|date=21 October 2020|title=As government seals ‘Kashmir Times’ office, editor Anuradha Bhasin alleges vendetta|url=https://scroll.in/article/976311/as-government-seals-kashmir-times-office-editor-anuradha-bhasin-alleges-vendetta|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[Scroll.in]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Following the litigation, the offices of the newspaper were shut down by authorities and her housing presented with an immediate eviction notice, which according to her was vendetta from the central government.<ref name=":0" /> The arbitrary actions by the government against Bhasin and the ''Kashmir Times'' received widespread condemnation including from the Editor's Guild of India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Subhash|first=Gatade|date=2020-10-28|title=Who is Afraid of Anuradha Bhasin?|url=https://www.newsclick.in/who-is-afraid-Anuradha-Bhasin|access-date=2020-12-06|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref> She has also been severely critical of other Kashmiri newspaper editors for maintaining silence on prevalent issues in the [[union territory of Jammu and Kashmir]] and characterised their editorial standing as "[[Orwellian]] Media Policy 2020".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Ashutosh|date=20 November 2020|title=Kashmir Times: Where the mind is without fear…|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/where-the-mind-is-without-fear/article32989686.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|language=en}}</ref>

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