Intifada in Kashmir : Sami Siva

Sami Siva, a Canadian photographer of Indian origin, has covered post-conflict, geopolitical and social-issue stories in Canada, the U.S., Eastern Europe, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and India.

India –

At the time of partition in 1947, the Maharaja of Kashmir Hari Singh was forced to seek India’s help to fight the invading Pashtun militia, backed by the Pakistani government. In 1948, the UN brokered a resolution under which a plebiscite was to be held to determine the future of Kashmir. However both the Indian and Pakistani governments did not carry out the resolution. Eventually, a full-scale armed conflict between Islamic militant groups and the Indian army broke out in 1989, with the objective of attaining Azad Kashmir (Free Kashmir). The valley has been a theatre of conflict ever since.

This work is part of Sami Siva’s ongoing work on geopolitics and social issues in India.

Art & Culture Feature-Written and photographed by: Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

©Sami Siva

Related Posts

The Sochi Project: Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen

Russia – Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen have been working together since 2009 to tell the story of Sochi, ...

Veronica Fieiras: The Disappeared

Spain – Photography will never be able to run away from the memory’s territory and its stigma This is an ...

Pierfrancesco Celada: Hitoride (Literally: By yourself, Alone)

Japan – During a brief visit to Japan in 2009 I was soon fascinated by the isolation and loneliness I ...

Andrew Miksys: DISKO

Lithuania – For ten years Andrew Miksys traveled the back roads of Lithuania photographing teenagers in village discos. Most of ...

Tom Hunter: Life on the Road

United Kingdom – Life on the Road captures a remarkable moment in time, in the 1990s, when young people travelled ...

Asger Carlsen: From Crime-Photography to Mutilated, Disfigured Human Form

USA – Asger Carlsen’s images consist of mutilated, disfigured and distorted human forms with a typical obscure quality to them. He ...

David León Rodríguez: Decency

Spain – “LA DECENCIA” …there are two races of men in this world, but only these two: the ‘race’ of ...

Momo Okabe: “I truly wanted to destroy everything I had”

Japan – Momo Okabe’s photographs depict the bare situation. Be it the sexual act, a wasteland, or the wake of ...

Jon Tonks: Empire

United Kingdom – Empire is a fascinating journey across the South Atlantic exploring life on four remote islands – the British ...