Prologue The Kashmiri doesn’t care whose flag he follows, whose anthem he sounds. As long as the Kashmiri gets to row his shikara, herd his sheep, temper his willow bats, grow his apples and light his kangri in peace, what’s an India, what…

One of Kashmir’s main tourist attractions, take a look at some pictures of the the mirror calm Dal lake. A Kashmiri boatman rows his boat through the waters of Dal Lake during the early morning in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail/Files) People…

Ladakh is where the cerulean skies are decorated with tufts of clouds and jagged mountains converse with the azure lakes below. Here, nature expresses herself in various ways, with each way stirring myriad emotions. There is no one who hasn’t…