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Rapping Kashmir

Music and lockdown: Ishleen Kaur met Srinagar-based rapper Ahmer Javed for an edition of My Indian Life.

The My Indian Life podcast looks at India through young people鈥檚 eyes. It recently told the story of Ahmer Javed, a rapper from Indian-administered Kashmir. Ishleen Kaur met him and other artists during August鈥檚 lockdown, and found a generation who feel very separate from the rest of India.

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Image and credit: Ahmer Javed, Kashmiri rapper

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