Waters close over Kashmir
September 24, 2014 12:48
"On the evening of September 7th, I was trying to reach my family in Srinagar, the largest city in India-controlled Kashmir. Automated messages thwarted me: "This number is out of coverage area'; "The number you have called is not available."
At a certain point in the night, my father willed a call across the Himalayas. "We are home,' he said. "It is all right here.' His voice belied his words. I wanted to check if he had the medicine he needed for his heart condition, but the call dropped.
Basharat Peer's first-person account of the Kashmir floods. Read
At a certain point in the night, my father willed a call across the Himalayas. "We are home,' he said. "It is all right here.' His voice belied his words. I wanted to check if he had the medicine he needed for his heart condition, but the call dropped.
Basharat Peer's first-person account of the Kashmir floods. Read
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