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!
EXTREMELY GOOD PICS! KUDOS TO YOU!!!!!!!
COULD GO ON SEEING THEM FOREVER
Thank you chetnasamant. I agree, I too could look at the portraits of these amazing people for hours on end. I have more photos of them that I hope to be posting in the near future. I have several blogs and projects going simultaneously, so time and energy is a factor. Do keep checking back.
Kashmiris are dying because they are mislead by Pakistan against India.
Millions of Kashmiri Hindus have been displaced from their ancestral homes by the treacherous muslim neighbours, and they are forced to live as refugees in camps.
Numeric religious majority alone is not an excuse to demand independence, and the Kashmiris must learn to live in a vibrant democratic society.
Only after the Tibetians gat Tibet, and the Balochs get Balochistan, can there be any change in India’s stand on Kashmir.
definitely dere is oodles to read here barbara! u got 2 blogs rt? dis 1 here: india in stories and daughters of india… dats it rt?
actually, i have five blogs:
peaceRebelgirl
peaceRebelgirl Rants
Barbara Raisbeck Photography
The photography one is awaiting photos, and I’m still working on moving past written articles to the Rants. The peaceRebelgirl blog is current political/social events.
Amazing pictures. Touchy articulation. May your purpose be achieved !!