, May 30 -- To counter the impact of the Centre's Bill on official languages, the editor-in-chief of the news website, EhsaanYousf, decided to produce news in Jammu and Kashmir.

Tucked in a corner of a house in the Chenab valley is the office of Asian Nama, a multimedia news website that aims to produce news in two main local languages of Jammu's Doda region - Bhaderwahi and Sarazi.

The team uploads videos on YouTube that wrap up daily news, first in Urdu and then in Bhaderwahi and Sarazi. The news portal also gives space to writers from across the country to write for their op-ed section.

In January 2024, 26-year-old Ehsaan Yousf, the editor-in-chief of the news website, started this portal that would run news in Urdu and English. How...