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Hope sinks in Kashmir as COVID compounds India crackdown
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By Emily Schmall
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SRINAGAR, India: Habib Wangnoo scanned the silvery lake from the deck of his vacant houseboat hotel, remembering when he helped Mick Jagger out of a narrow, flat-bottomed canoe during the rock star s 1981 visit to Kashmir.
Jagger spent most of the next two weeks on the boat s upper deck, Wangnoo recalled with a smile. The lead singer of the Rolling Stones strummed his black guitar and jammed with Kashmiri folk musicians as they watched the moonlight dance across the Himalayas.
Emily Schmall, The New York Times
Published: 12 Jan 2021 02:58 PM BdST
Updated: 12 Jan 2021 02:58 PM BdST Boat owners at Dal Lake in Kashmir, a popular tourist destination in Srinagar, India, Dec 21, 2020. The turbulent region of Kashmir has long weathered violence and political strife, but India’s security crackdown and the coronavirus have brought life in the tourist-dependent region to a near halt. Showkat Nanda/The New York Times Villagers drink tea and discuss Kashmir’s political situation in the region’s northern district of Bandipora, in India, Dec 19, 2020. Showkat Nanda/The New York Times) A shrine of 14th century poet and Muslim scholar, Mir Syed Ali Hamadani, where many Kashmiris who have been caught in the region’s conflict come to seek peace and solace, in Srinagar, India, Dec 20, 2020. Showkat Nanda/The New York Times