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Scenes From Kashmir (part 2)

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Scenes From Kashmir (part 2)

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  1. Indian tourists enjoy a traditional Shikara boat ride on Dal Lake in Srinagar, India on July 7, 2011. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  2. Winter scenes in Pahalgam, Kashmir

  3. An Indian paramilitary soldier checks the papers of a motorist at a temporary checkpoint during a curfew on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, AP / Altaf Qadri

  4. Kashmiri Muslims perform congregational morning Eid al-Adha prayers in Srinagar . AFP/ Getty Images / Rouf Bhat

  5. Kashmiri Muslims perform congregational morning Eid al-Adha prayers in Srinagar AFP/ Getty Images / Rouf Bhat

  6. Kashmiri boatmen watch partial solar eclipse through a black film, at the Dal lake in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. People in parts of north India viewed a partial eclipse Tuesday as the moon crossed the sun's path. AP / Mukhtar Khan

  7. Danish Ismail / Reuters A vendor with his head covered by a lotus leaf sells lotus buds at a street in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, on August 24. Lotus buds are sold in threes for 10 rupees (22 cents) and are eaten raw as a fruit.

  8. Kashmiri Muslims pray as the head priest, unseen, displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the prophet Mohammed at the Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 1, 2011. Devotees thronged the shrine on the second day of the Muslim festival of Mehraj-u-Alam, which marks the ascension of the prophet to heaven. (Dar Yasin/AP)

  9. International Lalit and local Drass polo players compete in a game of polo in Drass, Kashmir on July 9, 2011. T he tournament was organized to promote tourism in Jammu and Kashmir. (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

  10. A relative of a disappeared Kashmiri youth looks at the photographs of missing people during a demonstration organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, a prominent local rights group, in Srinagar on July 10, 2011. Human rights workers have complained for years that innocent people have disappeared, been killed by government forces in staged gun battles, and suspected rebels arrested and never heard from again. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  11. School children perform a ritual during a prayer ceremony inside their school in Jammu September 8, 2011, held for the victims of a bomb blast outside Delhi's High Court that killed 12 people. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

  12. Residents watch as an Indian police honor guard performs a drill at the Mazar-e-Shohda (Martyr's graveyard) in Srinagar on July 13, 2011 during a ceremony held to mark the 80th anniversary of Kashmiris slain by the army of a Hindu king. Authorities in Indian Kashmir deployed thousands of security personnel in the main city of Srinagar to prevent separatist protests on a key state holiday. July 13 is marked in Indian Kashmir as "Martyrs' Day", which marks Maharaja Hari Singh's use of force in 1931 to quell protests against his rule, resulting in the death of 23 Muslims. Separatists had planned to hold anti-India demonstrations but authorities responded with hardline measures detaining and arresting key separatists. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)

  13. Kashmiri children wait for customers as they sell corn on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 14, 2011. Monsoon rains that lash India from June to September are considered crucial for farmers whose crops feed millions of people. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  14. A Kashmiri Muslim lights candles near the grave of a relative during Shab-e- Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 17, 2011. Muslims visit ancestral graveyards for the salvation of the departed souls and also believe that all sins will be forgiven by praying to Allah throughout Shab-e-Barat night. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  15. An Indian soldier stands guard as a Kashmiri woman passes by during a strike which followed the alleged rape of a married woman by soldiers, in Srinagar on July 23, 2011. A general strike called by the Hurriyat Conference paralyzed the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley during a second day of protests against the alleged rape. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)

  16. Tourists park on a strip of land at the Pangong Lake, near the India-China border in Ladakh, India. Ladakh is a remote part of the former princely state of Kashmir. While Kashmir is best known for the Indo-Pakistani standoff, part of Ladakh, an ethnically distinct region with historical ties to Tibet, has been controlled by China for decades. (Channi Anand/AP)

  17. A member of the Association of Parents of Disappeared People cries during a protest rally to demand information on the whereabouts of missing relatives, during the International Day of the Disappeared in Srinagar on August 30, 2011. Human Rights Watch on August 25 urged India to launch an inquiry into scores of unmarked graves in Kashmir after a government commission said they contained over 2,000 unidentified bodies. An armed insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir has claimed 47,000 lives since 1989 by official count, with separatists putting the toll twice as high. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)

  18. Tourists ride camels at Nubra valley in Ladakh. The heavily militarized region borders China. (Channi Anand/AP

  19. An Aryan Brogpa woman, wearing traditional outfit, pauses in Darchik, Jammu and Kashmir state. The Brogpas, or Dards, or Drokpas, as they are also known, claim to be pure-blooded Aryans and have been the subjects of study and debate among historians and researchers. Brogpas are prohibited from marrying outside their community to preserve their racial purity. (Channi Anand/AP)

  20. Sunita (right) applies henna on the hand of a woman at a market in Srinagar July 1, 2011. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)

  21. Indian boy Naresh waits for customers as he displays his toys at a market in Srinagar September 8, 2011. (Dar Yasin/AP)

  22. Kashmiri Sikhs pray inside a Guruduwara to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Hargobind in Srinagar July 5, 2011. Thousands of Kashmir's Sikhs thronged to Guruduwars or Sikh temples across the region to offer prayers on the occasion of the 416th birth anniversary of Hargobind, the sixth Guru of Sikhism. (Fayaz Kabli//Reuters)

  23. An Indian vendor selling toys waits for customers at a market in Srinagar September 8, 2011. (Dar Yasin/AP

  24. Kashmiri boys dive and swim in the Dal Lake during hot weather in Srinagar on July 5, 2011. (Dar Yasin/AP)

  25. Women selling vegetables wait for customers at a market in Leh, 275 miles east of Srinagar on July 7, 2011. (Fayaz Kabli//Reuters)

  26. An Italian tourist stands on a hilltop overlooking Leh city from Namgyal Tsemo Gompa monastery in Leh, capital of Ladakh, on July 8, 2011. The Buddhist-dominated Ladakh region, situated at a height of 11,499 feet, is famous among foreign tourists for its monasteries, landscapes, mountains, and rich cultural heritage. (Fayaz Kabli//Reuters

  27. A Ladakhi woman and a child walk on a road in between Stupas in Stok, Ladakh on Jul 9, 2011. (Fayaz Kabli//Reuters

  28. Ladakhi women spin a prayer wheel known as "Mannay" at Spituk Monastery in Leh on July 12, 2011. (Fayaz Kabli//Reuters)

  29. A Kashmiri boy jumps into Nageen Lake from a bridge on a warm sunny day in Srinagar on June 30, 2011. (Dar Yasin/AP)

  30. A Bakerwal, or nomadic man, smokes a water pipe as his wife cooks evening meals outside their tent at a camp on the outskirts of Srinagar on June 27, 2011. (Fayaz Kabli/AP)

  31. Indian tourists enjoy a traditional Shikara boat ride on Dal Lake in Srinagar, India on July 7, A roadside vendor sells vegetables on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a market in Srinagar on August 1, 2011. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images) 2011. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  32. Kashmiri participants holding flags are reflected in water during the opening ceremony of the water sports competition on Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 29,2011. The three-day water sports event was held to promote water adventure sports and attract tourists. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images

  33. Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers on a street on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar on August 2, 2011. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  34. Muslim children recite verses from the holy Quran at a local madrasa, or Muslim religious school, during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar on August 3, 2011. (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

  35. Monks wearing masks perform a dance on the first day of a two-day festival in Hemis Gompa, Ladakh on July 10, 2011. The annual festival celebrates the birth of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Lamaism (an off-shoot of Buddhism) in the eighth century. The two-day festival is marked by ritual dancing in which dancers wear masks representing deities and evil spirits. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters

  36. An inmate practices laughter therapy during a yoga camp inside Kot Bhalwal jail on the outskirts of Jammu on September 10, 2011. (Reuters/Mukesh Gupta)

  37. A Muslim boat man prays on his boat after breaking his fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar on August 8, 2011. (Mukhtar Khan/AP

  38. A farmer works in a paddy field near the fenced border between Indian and Pakistan in Suchetgarh, southwest of Jammu, on August 1, 2011. As India and Pakistan embark on a tentative peace process and try to decide how to open their borders to trade and travel, it will be the situation on the ground in places such as Suchetgarh that determine the pace of the detente. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

  39. Police use colored water from a cannon to disperse protesting state government employees of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar September 8, 2011. The employees demanded a hike in their salaries. (Mukhtar Khan/AP

  40. A woman removes lotus leaves from the water of Dal Lake in Srinagar on August 10, 2011. Dal Lake is famous for its natural beauty and a popular destination for both Indian and foreign tourists. (Mukhtar Khan/AP

  41. Muslim children run playfully toward a flock of pigeons in the compound of a shrine in Srinagar on August 9, 2011. (Altaf Qadri/AP

  42. A man takes a nap on sacks of onions at a wholesale market on the outskirts of Jammu September 14, 2011. Indian inflation climbed to its highest in more than a year as prices of food and manufactured goods surged. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

  43. A worker clears a road which was damaged by a landslide as her child rests in a basket on the outskirts of Jammu on August 17, 2011. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

  44. A passenger train leaves Jammu on the outskirts of the city August 5, 2011. India's struggle to build a railway to Kashmir has become a symbol of the infrastructure gap with China, whose speed in building road and rail links is giving it a strategic edge on the mountainous frontier. Nearly quarter of a century after work began on the project aimed at integrating the revolt-torn territory and bolstering the supply route for troops deployed there, barely a quarter of the 215-mile Kashmir track has been laid. (Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

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