Chenabi: Not a Demand, But a Reminder That We Exist

For far too long, the people living along the mighty Chenab have been described only in negatives: not Kashmiri enough, not Jammu enough, not developed enough, not represented enough. We have been the footnote in every political narrative, the blank space on every development map, the silenced voice in every discussion about Jammu & Kashmir. I coined the word “Chenabi” in 2017 not to invent a new identity, but to stop the slow erasure of the old ones.

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