Zafar Choudhary

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Zafar Choudhary
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BornRajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India
OccupationJournalist
EducationLondon School of Economics
Notable awards
SpouseIrm Baig
RelativesShahid Iqbal Choudhary (Brother)
Website
www.thedispatch.in

Zafar Choudhary (Urdu: ظفر چودھری) is an Indian journalist, author, policy analyst, and practitioner of peace-building. He is founder and Chief Editor of The Dispatch.[1][2][3][4] Educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science, he is Asia Society Fellow (2012).[5] He was born in a remote village Rehan in district Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir in 1975.

India-Pakistan Track II Relations[edit]

Choudhary is a well-known name in the India-Pakistan Track II process with a focus on peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir.[6] He has worked with Conciliation Resources (London) since 2008 on a comprehensive India-Pakistan initiatives to build peace in the region.[7] He has worked closely with government officials, political and civil society actors across the political divides in both sides of the Line of Control to create unique and exemplary institutes like a Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a Consortium of Vice-Chancellors, drawing members from both sides of India-Pakistan divide in Kashmir.[8][9]

Association with reputed institutions[edit]

Choudhary has also remained associated with the Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs USIP (Washington DC), Berghof Foundation (Berlin), IPCS (Siem Reap, Cambodia), United Services Institute, New Delhi, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies , New Delhi the WISCOMP, New Delhi and a number of other Think Tanks and Universities in India and abroad and was a part of the deliberations going on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.[10][11][12][13]

Expert in Jammu and Kashmir affairs[edit]

An expert on Jammu and Kashmir affairs, Choudhary has been widely recognised and interviewed by the international and national press on Jammu and Kashmir affairs, India-Pakistan relations, national security and geo-politics. His interviews or reference to his work have appeared in influential international and national newspapers, magazines and television channels such as The Guardian, UK  ; Aljazeera, Arab News, BBC London, ThePrint, The Wire, Scroll.in, The Citizen, Kashmir Observer TRT World, Anti War among others.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Career[edit]

He is the founding editor of Epilogue, a Jammu -based English news magazine published in India.[25] Presently, he is editor in chief and the Founder of The Dispatch, an Indian online digital news service supplemented by channels on YouTube and Facebook to disseminate and distribute rich news content.[26] He also writes occasionally for The Hindu, Rising Kashmir and other newspapers.

Book -Kashmir Conflict and Muslims of Jammu[edit]

Choudhary's book titled Kashmir Conflict and Muslims of Jammu (2015) addresses a historical gap in scholarship on Jammu and Kashmir. The story of the Muslims of Jammu, their political views, and pro-India outlook, was not known before this book was published. In an interview to Daily O of the India Today group, Choudhary said, the Muslims of Jammu are lost in oblivion.[27] Jammu and Kashmir's leading English daily newspaper Daily Excelsior termed the book a "masterly narrative of Kashmir conflict and identity profile of Jammu Muslims".[28] The Friday Times of Lahore said "Zafar's book in itself is the first of its kind, as successive historians only made passing references to the Jammu massacre. Its launch kick-started a fresh debate around the subject".[29] In an article titled "Of the 'Other' and 'Outsider', India's leading English daily The Hindu said, "Choudhary's is an important work which will, I hope, help in addressing the impressions of Muslims of Jammu division that they are taken for granted, that the government of India, and the world, seeking to bring to final resolution the conflicts that have plagued the state of J&K over the last century, seek primarily to determine simply the views of different sections of the community residents in Kashmir."[30]

Rewards and recognition[edit]

Choudhary won the State Award from the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in 2017 for his contribution in the field of journalism. He has also been awarded by a number of Universities, NGOs for his outstanding work in the field of journalism and research.[31]

Education[edit]

He is a graduate of the London School of Economics.

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Why I wrote a book on Jammu Muslims". LinkedIn.
  2. ↑ "Author -Zafar Choudhary". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Interview of Zafar Choudhary…There is some realignment within the administration".
  4. ↑ "About Zafar Choudhary". TheDispactin.
  5. ↑ "India-Pak Young Leaders -Zafar Iqbal Choudhary" (PDF). asiasociety.org.
  6. ↑ "Track II -Indo-Pak meet at Dubai , Zafar Choudhary". Scroll.in.
  7. ↑ "Track II -Indo-Pak Trading , Zafar Choudhary". CR.Org.
  8. ↑ "Indo-Pak LOC Trade, Zafar Choudhary". Greater Kashmir.
  9. ↑ "Cross LOC Trade, Zafar Choudhary". AMN KI ASHA.
  10. ↑ "Pugwash Conferences Files" (PDF). PUGWASH.
  11. ↑ "Peace & Development in Jammu and Kashmir". USI .Org.
  12. ↑ "Gujjars Perspective Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). IPCS. Org.
  13. ↑ "Peace Building in Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Wiscom. Org.
  14. ↑ "LOC Trade in Jammu and Kashmir". IPCS. Org.
  15. ↑ "Fear talk on Jammu and Kashmir". Aljazeera,com.
  16. ↑ "Affairs Jammu and Kashmir". IPCS. Org.
  17. ↑ "Peacebuilder Jammu and Kashmir". BBC News LONDON.
  18. ↑ "New Domicile Law in Jammu and Kashmir". The Print In.
  19. ↑ "Internet issues in Jammu and Kashmir". The Wire In.
  20. ↑ "People Without Voice". SCROLL IN.
  21. ↑ "Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir". The Citizen IN.
  22. ↑ "Reconciliation the shift sands of Jammu". IPCS. Org.
  23. ↑ "New War in Jammu and Kashmir". IPCS. Org.
  24. ↑ "Jammu and Kashmir loses special status". Original Anti-war Com.
  25. ↑ "Epilogue -Jammu Kashmir". Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  26. ↑ "The Dispatch Media Private Limited". www.thedispatch.in/.
  27. ↑ "Shiekh Mohammad Abdullah and Muslim Kashmir". The Hindu/ Dailyyo In.
  28. ↑ "Masterly Narrative of Kashmir Conflict -A profile of Jammu Muslim by Zafar Choudhary". Daily Excelsior.
  29. ↑ "Zafar Choudhary -The Tragedy of Jammu Muslim". The Friday Time.
  30. ↑ "Muslims of Jammu by Zafar Choudhary". The Hindu , New Delhi.
  31. ↑ "Name of State Awardees- Zafar Choudhary -151" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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