Fahad Shah
Fahad Shah is a Kashmiri writer and journalist. He is the editor-in-chief and publisher of The Kashmir Walla magazine, which he started in 2010. He is widely known as a passionate journalist, writer and pioneer of the online journalism in Indian administered Kashmir. He launched a website called The Kashmir Walla in 2010, during the 2010 Kashmir Unrest and later turned it into an online magazine in April 2011.
Career
Shah has started his career with a local leading daily, Greater Kashmir (newspaper), and worked for several other newspapers and magazines. His work has been published in The Christian Science Monitor, Socialist Worker, The INDIAN Express, Tehelka, openDemocracy.net, Dawn (newspaper), Network 18's Firstpost.com, Viewpoint and many other publications worldwide. He lives in New Delhi.
Shah has been featured in Al Jazeera, BBC, NDTV, The Indian Express, The Sunday Guardian, and several other publications. While talking AbOUT the magazine, in 2011, Shah told an Indian national newspaper, The Sunday Guardian: “We wanted a breathing space, wherein the reality of Kashmir and the incidents that occur in the valley would get honestly reported.”
Rewards and recognitions
In 2011, Fahad Shah was finalized for the South Asia's Manthan Award 2011 for his contribution in media by laying down the foundation of The Kashmir Walla magazine.
Recent work
- (2012) "India's top court orders roads for pilgrims through fragile territory". The Christian Science Monitor.