{"id":6487,"date":"2026-06-08T11:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:53:02","slug":"today-i-experienced-something-that-left-me-deeply-saddened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/today-i-experienced-something-that-left-me-deeply-saddened\/","title":{"rendered":"Today, I experienced something that left me deeply saddened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u2712\ufe0f :. Adv Sajid Yousuf<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After checking into a hotel in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, I was later (After an hour) asked to leave because of concerns linked to my Kashmiri identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner was courteous &amp; candid. He acknowledged that the decision was unfair and hurtful, but said he was following instructions. I appreciated his honesty and left without any confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not sharing this to seek sympathy or assign blame. I share it because such moments remind us that while laws can unite a nation, trust and understanding take longer to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, countless Kashmiris have worked to strengthen the bonds between Jammu &amp; Kashmir and the rest of India. Most Indians have welcomed us with warmth and respect. Yet incidents like this show that stereotypes and apprehensions persist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My faith in India and its people remains unshaken. I hope we continue moving toward a future where no citizen is judged by their region, faith, or identity, but by their character and conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is the India we must strive for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2712\ufe0f :. Adv Sajid Yousuf After checking into a hotel in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, I was later (After an hour) asked to leave because of concerns linked to my Kashmiri identity. The owner was courteous &amp; candid. He acknowledged that the decision was unfair and hurtful, but said he was following instructions. I appreciated his honesty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-message"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6488,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6487\/revisions\/6488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}