GULMARG: THE ALLEN TAYLOR TRILOGY

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TR: Gulmarg '10, Part One:

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TR: Gulmarg '10, Part Two:

Kashmir Short #2 from Allen Taylor on Vimeo.

TR: Gulmarg '10, Part Three:

Kashmir Short #3 from Allen Taylor on Vimeo.

EARTHQUAKE FELT IN KASHMIR VALLEY

Moderate earthquake hits Kashmir Valley - ET, 28 October 2010.
Excerpt from the article:
SRINAGAR - A moderate intensity earthquake hit Srinagar and other parts of the Valley today, a senior government official said. "The tremor measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale was felt around 9:29 AM throughout the Valley, including Srinagar," Coordinator Disaster Management Kashmir , Aamir Ali told media... The epicentre of the earthquake was Hindukush in Afghanistan and the coordinates are 36.52 degree north and 71.04 degree east.

INDEFINITE CURFEW IN KASHMIR

Fourth day of indefinite curfew in Kashmir, toll 90 - HT, 16 September 2010.
Excerpt from the article:
SRINAGAR - Indefinite curfew continued for the fourth day on Thursday in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley while a young man shot by police in Srinagar died in New Delhi, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 90.
Photo credit: Reuters

KASHMIR IN LOCK-DOWN

Kashmir Is Locked Down, but Bloodshed Continues - NYT, 14 September 2010.
Excerpt from the article:
SRINAGAR — Since Sunday, when the government announced a round-the-clock curfew, everyone — men, women, teenagers, toddlers — has been locked in. There is no telling when the curfew will be lifted, and there is no leaving.

On Tuesday the government announced that for the next three days at least, all flights going in and out of Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital, were suspended, for the first time in more than a decade.
Photo credit: Dar Yasin/Associated Press

BLOODY MONDAY IN KASHMIR

17 killed, 70 injured in Kashmir, Omar appeals for peace - HT, 13 September 2010.
U.S. Koran Tensions Erupt in Kashmir - NYT, 13 September 2010.
Bloody Monday leaves 16 dead across Kashmir - ET, 13 September 2010.
Excerpt from the ET article:
SRINAGAR - Sixteen people were killed on Monday as furious mobs clashed with security forces and attacked government property across the Kashmir Valley in protests that were initially triggered by a report that copies of the Quran were desecrated in the US.

While six people were killed in the resort town of Tangmarg, where a Christian missionary school was torched, seven died in Badgam, including a seven-year-old, one in Pampore and one in Bandipora.
Photo credit: Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

INTIFADA COMES TO KASHMIR

Kashmir protests: Intifada comes to Kashmir - CSM, 4 August 2010.
Excerpt from the article:
SRINAGAR - Since witnessing the beating of two men in the street last month by paramilitaries, one young Kashmiri, at work on a science doctorate, has joined the ranks of a new rock-throwing youth uprising....Heavy-handed police tactics have turned youths into rock throwers and devoted adherents of a once-fading Kashmiri separatist movement.
Photo credit: Fayaz Kabli/Reuters