Indian-administered Kashmir Archive

Those who returned to Kashmir after liberation struggles say they are treated as foreigners without rights or access to basic necessities.

Moving their families every three days is a reality for women of nomadic tribes in Kashmir.

Families in Kashmir value the immediate financial benefits from crafts such as carpet weaving over long-term benefits of education for daughters. A photo essay.

Tired of unsafe and slow public transportation, girls in Kashmir are getting their own wheels.

As the state awaits a ruling on the future of the pilgrimage, residents and organizers debate the need for new roads and lodging near the site.

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – Locals and officials panicked last week when they found thousands of dead fish floating in Nigeen Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital.

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – Shock, sadness and silence engulfed Ishrat Hussain, 26, when she learned about her inability to conceive.

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – There is a crowd of people waiting outside the office of Shamim Firdous, one of only four women in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – Mosquitoes, flying ants and houseflies buzz around inside Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, a government-run pediatric hospital in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir.

Editor’s note: Parties described in mediation cases are not fully named because of the confidential nature of material disclosed in the closed-door proceedings.