Kashmir and Pakistan Reddy's journalistic career began as the editor of the newspaper
Kashmir Times in the then princely state of
Jammu and Kashmir in the 1940s. Reddy also served as the correspondent for the
Associated Press of India in Srinagar, reporting to its Lahore chief Malik Tajuddin.
Kashmir Times, owned and published by Abdul Rahman Mittha in Srinagar, advocated accession of the state to the
Dominion of Pakistan. Reddy's coverage of the events in Kashmir was highly prized in Pakistan and regularly reported on
Radio Pakistan in Lahore. to work for the
Associated Press of India, which was still a united agency across India and Pakistan (but would later split into the Associated Press of India and the
Associated Press of Pakistan). Reddy was incensed with the treatment of Muslims by the Maharaja's government. On 26 October, he gave a detailed interview to the Lahore-based daily
Civil & Military Gazette, where he described the `mad orgy of Dogra violence' against unarmed Muslims in the
Jammu province. While in Lahore, on 21 October 1947, Reddy received a phone call from Lt. Col. Alavi, the Public Relations Officer of the
Pakistan Army headquarters in
Rawalpindi, stating that the Ramkot post of Kashmir was being attacked that night and the news should be published as coming from the
Azad Kashmir Headquarters in
Palandri. He was also told that all further news of the
invasion would come from the Rawalpindi headquarters and the practice of a Palandri dateline should be maintained. He was subsequently forced into the position of Director of Public Relations for the rebel forces in Kashmir and only managed to escape seven months later. Sardar Ibrahim was proclaimed as the head of a provisional government of
Azad Kashmir on 24 October, with nominal headquarters at
Palandri but real operations based in Rawalpindi. Mitha and Reddy worked with the new government to create press releases. They stayed at the '
Poonch House' in Rawalpindi. At some point, Reddy is believed to have been interned by Pakistani authorities who regarded him as a spy. He escaped to India in 1948, and the evidence he carried with him of the US and Pakistani involvement in the invasion of Kashmir was published in the weekly
Blitz in a series of articles starting 9 June 1948, causing a national and international sensation.
India Reddy worked for the
Blitz from 1948 to 1951, writing incisive articles that put him up against the Government authorities. His journalistic accreditation was cancelled twice by the authorities due to his irksome coverage. In 1969, Reddy moved to
The Hindu as its chief of news bureau in Delhi, a position that he developed into one of "considerable power and prestige." He was widely read, and enjoyed the confidence of many in the corridors of power. According to
Inder Malhotra, "he made it his business to explain every complexity with clarity." ==Honours==