Compelled by stories he’d heard as a child, the photographer Showkat Nanda traveled to the high Himalayas to see Gurez, a valley long off-limits to most travelers.
Tag: Kashmir
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How Hopes of a Better Life Ended on a Migrant Ship Off Greece
About two dozen of those on the fishing vessel that capsized off Greece came from Bandli, a community in northeastern Pakistan with a long history of young men chasing a brighter future abroad.
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India, the World’s Biggest Democracy, Is Jettisoning Freedom and Tolerance
The soul of a majestic nation is at stake.
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The Kashmiri Chef Foraging on Precarious Soil
For Prateek Sadhu, gathering native ingredients in the conflict zone where he grew up is the only way of asserting Kashmir’s tenuous place in the world.
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Desperate to Flee Attacks, Kashmir Hindus Say Officials Lock the Exits
Decades after militant violence forced Hindus out of the disputed region, they have been shaken by an intensifying string of targeted killings.