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NowTrending: Did a 14-year-old really just write a book on Kashmir?

In the Times of Article 370, by self-publishing company Notion Press, claims to be about life in the Indian Army

Union Minister Jitendra Singh (left) with the authors of In the Times of Article 370, 14-year-old Ayanna Kohli and her father, Sunny
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh (left) with the authors of In the Times of Article 370, 14-year-old Ayanna Kohli and her father, Sunny

Ranjita Ganesan
What: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday released a book, In the Times of Article 370, ostensibly written by 14-year-old Ayanna Kohli from Delhi. News of the book, which has come just two months after the article granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir was removed, was reported by ANI. Where some rightist readers took pride in a young writer taking up the subject, the news was met with unease in other quarters where it was dubbed as propaganda. Twitter users have since been finding a number of inconsistencies in the announcement. It appears the book in question had actually

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