This video is a collection of photos from my second visit to Pahalgam in 2005. It’s one of my favorite places; the people are beautiful and the landscape is gorgeous.
The Kashmiris are dying for their freedom (azad), yet a resolution seems a long way off. Neither India nor Pakistan want to relinquish their stronghold on a state that wants to be independent from both countries decades old politics, which many feel are related to water rights. Fighting in the region has worsened since the Mumbai attacks.
I hope to return to Pahalgam one day and gift these amazing people with their portraits!
Duration : 0:3:59
Tags: attacks, india, kashmir, mumbai, pahalgam, pakistan, photography, rights, Water
8 Responses to “The People of Pahalgam, Kashmir”
POK has few …
POK has few Kashmiris but mainly other ethnic groups. Kashmir valley has the highest average height of the people in the Indian subcontinent and also above 90% literacy rates. Remember both the great Gama and the great Iqbal are from the valley. India is a great secular democracy,? you should attack China for killing Muslims and Buddhists. No power on this planet can fight 1.2 billion Indians and hope to win.
Kashmir my mother …
Kashmir my mother land – I live free but the valley is always in my heart and mind.
Kashmir the Palestine of South Asia – a rich, economical, self sufficient state left in tatters by OCCUPATION from India, daily abductions, rape, extra judical killings, encounter killings 700,000, 800,000 soldiers statione din a valley… And the world is oblivious to their cause and their plight. This is why they take up arms for their liberty.
Yes, 800,000 to …
Yes, 800,000 to control a small band of “terrorists”
itarunk! it is not …
itarunk! it is not part of India.
Freedom for Kashmir!
Freedom for Kashmir!
aslaam waley …
aslaam waley come.dove eye come in the night like a theaf bright light as all are sleep to see your face of grace ,kiss your pain away as long as? there are lips to be kissed, love will never die or say bye as my eye will all ways blink and wink and skate my lips over lips to slide my lips against and steal the kiss of tears from your eyes for it is not a crime . 4 eye am kiss me dove there is no place to hide. kissmass dove kissmet frishtha
Its Beautiful And …
Its Beautiful And Kashmir Is Undisputed And Integral Part Of India And We Love All Kashmiries As They Are Among Us They Are Indians……Jai Hind
So beautiful, so …
So beautiful, so powerful!