Kashmir: Young influencers chronicle their lives and culture online

Young Kashmiris are using social media to preserve language, heritage and identity through storytelling.

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To his surprise, he struggled to read it.

It made him wonder how his generation had slowly drifted away from their mother tongue, as other languages like English, Urdu and Hindi became more widespread.

With that realisation, he launched a social media page - called Muneer Speaks - to preserve and promote Kashmiri culture.

Five years on, his profile has garnered over 500 million impressions across Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.