#​​Srinagar

[nashra]

‎ثم تصل إلى النقطة التي لم تعد فيها بحاجة إلى أي شيء سوى الهدوء

Then you reach the point where you no longer need anything, but calm

[molkolsdal]

Kashmiri Muslim women ride in a boat (Shikara) on Dal Lake in Srinagar, 23 March 2005.

Tauseef Mustafa

[divinum-pacis]

April 2024: Muslims greet each other after Eid prayers outside the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir. [Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo]

[omgindiablog]

Zero Bridge, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India: The Zero Bridge is an old wooden arch bridge located in the city of Srinagar in the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It crosses the Jhelum River in a roughly North-South direction connecting Sonwar in the north to Rajbagh in the South. Wikipedia

[psychicgiverwasteland]

On Srinagar - Muzaffarabad Highway

[slicedblackolives]

hi please feel free to ignore this ask! im just not sure who else to ask and google isnt being very helpful. i want to know if its ethical as tourists to visit kashmir?

I believe it’s complicated. I’ll preface this by saying I’ve actually been a tourist in Kashmir (and it was wonderful, but, not relevant). there are a hundred ways to “be” a tourist in Kashmir; the fact of the matter is you could spend almost a month in the state without giving a single rupee to locals because Hindutva orgs and states have set up alternative food and residential apparatuses that makes “touring” Kashmir completely removed from Kashmiris, especially for Amarnath pilgrims. You will not eat or stay at Kashmiri owned establishments. You will not buy handicrafts made by Kashmiris. You will only benefit corporate and state apparatuses working on displacing Kashmiris materially culturally.

However, if you visit Kashmir and make a point to patronise Kashmiri owned establishments (who do need tourism money) and buy Kashmiri products and avoid giving money to the saffronised and state owned orgs, I believe it’s ethical. I’d recommend not going to Amarnath. Don’t haggle at handicrafts shops, with drivers, guides, shikara sailors etc. Take a note of the massive military presence there. Eat at a local restaurant and not to sarvanna bhavan and certainly not at one of the Amarnath camps set up by the government, etc. save up money to buy shawls and stoles and pherans.

ALSO GIVE FIVE STARS TO PLACES YOU VISIT bcs sanghis literally review bomb Kashmiri owned restaurants and shit.

[vipassana]

[iqrajafzal]

When will you hear the wishes of broken hearts.

[mitskey]

shikara series (1/?): flowers

[midwestaesthetics]

Shalimar Bagh (Mughal Gardens), Srinagar, Kashmir, India...

[s0r3muzzi3wh0r3]

I miss Srinagar so much, I ache for Kashmir every day!! I know my parents definitely mean best by moving to Western land but I ache for my motherland, my home, my country every day, every day I wake up, every second I breathe. Diaspora things I guess, lol!

[nashra]

For the ones who dream of stranger worlds .

[molkolsdal]

July 1978. Boat on Lake Nagin at Srinagar, Kashmir.

Roland and Sabrina Michaud

[divinum-pacis]

March 1, 2024: Srinagar Kashmiri Shia Muslims offer prayers on the graves of their relatives during Shab-e-Barat Photograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP

[omgindiablog]

Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, India: The Jammu–Srinagar National Highway is the northernmost segment of NH 44. It runs from Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley southward to the city of Jammu. It is one of the two road links that connects the Kashmir Valley with the rest of India. Wikipedia

[psychicgiverwasteland]

بہترین سفر وہ ہوتا ہے جو دل کو چھو جائے۔ جو راستے سفر میں آپ کو گزرتے ہیں، وہ واقعی محفور ہوتے ہیں۔ کبھی کبھار زندگی کا سفر ایک انتہائی روشن مخمصہ ہوتا ہے جو ہمیں نئے دنیاوں کا علم دیتا ہے...