"Random" (by javeedshah)

Classroom in Shopian south Kashmir jungle, the school building of these students was raised to ground during a gun battle between security forces & militants. Sep 14 2004.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:51:24 +0000

Classroom in Shopian south Kashmir jungle, the school building of these students was raised to ground during a gun battle between security forces & militants. Sep 14 2004.
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Classroom in Shopian south Kashmir jungle, the school building of these students was raised to ground during a gun battle between security forces & militants. Sep 14 2004.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:54:10 +0000

Classroom in Shopian south Kashmir jungle, the school building of these students was raised to ground during a gun battle between security forces & militants. Sep 14 2004.
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Kashmiri girls looking out of their old home window in Srinagar. Feb 24 2009.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:56:12 +0000

Kashmiri girls looking out of their old home window in Srinagar. Feb 24 2009.
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A sparow running to takeoff after it managed to get out of a pool in a Srinagar garden. June 06 2008.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:58:08 +0000

A sparow running to takeoff after it managed to get out of a pool in a Srinagar garden. June 06 2008.
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A Kashmiri girl sitting on the window of her mud house in Budgam distt Kashmir. May 10 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:00:34 +0000

A Kashmiri girl sitting on the window of her mud house in Budgam distt Kashmir. May 10 2007.
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Raindrops falling down from the roof top of shops in Srinagar. June 16 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:04:02 +0000

Raindrops falling down from the roof top of shops in Srinagar. June 16 2007.
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A Kashmiri man putts alms in the bowl of a child on a Srinagar street. June 19 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:06:54 +0000

A Kashmiri man putts alms in the bowl of a child on a Srinagar street. June 19 2007.
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An old Kashmiri lady wearing her veil walking on a Srinagar road, this kind of veil is now rarely found in Kashmir,modern designs have taken over instead. April 20 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:10:02 +0000

An old Kashmiri lady wearing her veil walking on a Srinagar road, this kind of veil is now rarely found in Kashmir,modern designs have taken over instead. April 20 2007.
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Kashmiris listening to a politician (not in the pic) in a srinagar park. April 28 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:13:51 +0000

Kashmiris listening to a politician (not in the pic) in a srinagar park. April 28 2007.
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A Kashmiri woman celebrates and distributes sweets in traditional Kashmiri way after learning about the government announcement to reopen Kaman bridge and allow divided families to take Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road first time since Kashmir was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947. Feb 17 2005.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:22:44 +0000

A Kashmiri woman celebrates and distributes sweets in traditional Kashmiri way after learning about the government announcement to reopen Kaman bridge and allow divided families to take Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road first time since Kashmir was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947. Feb 17 2005.
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An earth quake victim left with a little stale food after his house was tottaly damaged by the earth quake at Kamalkote, Uri Kashmir. Oct 10 2005.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:36:48 +0000

An earth quake victim left with a little stale food after his house was tottaly damaged by the earth quake at Kamalkote, Uri Kashmir. Oct 10 2005.
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A security personnel sharing the fire pot of a Kashmiri on a road side in Sopore,north Kashmir. Nov 23 2008.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:38:41 +0000

A security personnel sharing the fire pot of a Kashmiri on a road side in Sopore,north Kashmir. Nov 23 2008.
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A vendor selling the fried big bread called "Paraantha" in Kashmiri in Srinagar. Jan 24 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:40:02 +0000

A vendor selling the fried big bread called "Paraantha" in Kashmiri in Srinagar. Jan 24 2007.
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A Kashmiri boy runs on the dry patch of land near Dal lake in Srinagar. June 12 2007.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:41:38 +0000

A Kashmiri boy runs on the dry patch of land near Dal lake in Srinagar. June 12 2007.
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THE BEAUTY OF KASHMIR DOES NOT LIE ONLY IN ITS LANDSCAPES, BUT IN THE RESILIENCE AND PENCHANT FOR LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE, WHO HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF THOUSANDS OF GUNS. THE DAILY DEATH TOLL IN THIS HIMALAYAN RESORT REGION IS 10 TO 15 PEOPLE. THE TERRITORY IS DISPUTED BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, WHO FOUGHT THREE WARS OVER ITS CONTROL AND SPLIT IT INTO TWO PIECES. THE CONFRONTATION TOOK A DEADLY TURN FOR THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR WHEN A LOCAL ARMED STRUGGLE BROKE OUT 15 YEARS AGO, SEEKING EITHER A TOTAL AUTONOMY AND/OR ACCESSION TO PAKISTAN. AFTER 9/11, THIS FORGOTTEN CONFLICT, SEEN AS A NUCLEAR FLASHPOINT, DID ATTRACT ATTENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND RESULTED IN A TRUCE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN ALONG THE DISPUTED BORDER, BUT FAILED TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM AND BRING PEACE TO THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR. IN 2004 ALONE, 720 CIVILIANS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE CONFLICT. THE THREAT OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IS NOW A PERMANENT FEATURE OF THE LIVES OF KASHMIR’S EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE, WHO HAVE LEARNT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CARRY ON. WHENEVER THE SCHOOLS ARE SHUT IN PROTEST OR NEIGHBOURHOODS CORDONED OFF BY THE INDIAN ARMY RESTRICTING MOVEMENT, CHILDREN GATHER TO PLAY CRICKET GAMES. AND IF THERE IS TROUBLE ON THE LAND, BUSINESS GOES ON AS USUAL IN THE DAL LAKE, WHERE FLOATING VEGETABLE MARKETS HAVE COME UP IN BOATS. THE NORMAL FEAR OF A GUN-WEILDING SOLDIER OR A SEPARATIST MILITANT HAS CONSIDERABLY SUBSIDED AND LITTLE GIRLS CHAT ON PAVEMENTS WHILE INDIAN SECURITY FORCES PATROL THE LANES. Dec 18 2005.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:43:11 +0000

THE BEAUTY OF KASHMIR DOES NOT LIE ONLY IN ITS LANDSCAPES, BUT IN THE RESILIENCE AND PENCHANT FOR LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE, WHO HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF THOUSANDS OF GUNS. THE DAILY DEATH TOLL IN THIS HIMALAYAN RESORT REGION IS 10 TO 15 PEOPLE. THE TERRITORY IS DISPUTED BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, WHO FOUGHT THREE WARS OVER ITS CONTROL AND SPLIT IT INTO TWO PIECES. THE CONFRONTATION TOOK A DEADLY TURN FOR THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR WHEN A LOCAL ARMED STRUGGLE BROKE OUT 15 YEARS AGO, SEEKING EITHER A TOTAL AUTONOMY AND/OR ACCESSION TO PAKISTAN. AFTER 9/11, THIS FORGOTTEN CONFLICT, SEEN AS A NUCLEAR FLASHPOINT, DID ATTRACT ATTENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND RESULTED IN A TRUCE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN ALONG THE DISPUTED BORDER, BUT FAILED TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM AND BRING PEACE TO THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR. IN 2004 ALONE, 720 CIVILIANS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE CONFLICT. THE THREAT OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IS NOW A PERMANENT FEATURE OF THE LIVES OF KASHMIR’S EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE, WHO HAVE LEARNT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CARRY ON. WHENEVER THE SCHOOLS ARE SHUT IN PROTEST OR NEIGHBOURHOODS CORDONED OFF BY THE INDIAN ARMY RESTRICTING MOVEMENT, CHILDREN GATHER TO PLAY CRICKET GAMES. AND IF THERE IS TROUBLE ON THE LAND, BUSINESS GOES ON AS USUAL IN THE DAL LAKE, WHERE FLOATING VEGETABLE MARKETS HAVE COME UP IN BOATS. THE NORMAL FEAR OF A GUN-WEILDING SOLDIER OR A SEPARATIST MILITANT HAS CONSIDERABLY SUBSIDED AND LITTLE GIRLS CHAT ON PAVEMENTS WHILE INDIAN SECURITY FORCES PATROL THE LANES. Dec 18 2005.
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