https://www.scmp.com/rss/510455/feed Adil Rashid is an independent journalist based in Kashmir. He has previously worked with Outlook magazine in Delhi. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When a distant aunt talked to Philimon Basumatary in Saralpara, a village in the Indian state of Assam, about a job that might save the family from Covid-related financial distress earlier this year, the 21-year-old wasn’t sure he wanted it. The problem? The job was in Srinagar, the beautiful but politically troubled capital city of Jammu & Kashmir. “I thought Kashmir is a troubled place, why would I go to work there?” Philimon said. But the aunt lured him with potential employment at a factory... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3150020/trafficked-assam-kashmir-how-indian-youths-are-forced-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3150020/trafficked-assam-kashmir-how-indian-youths-are-forced-work?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Sep 2021 02:00:23 +0000 Until two years ago, Aamir Ataullah said his future as a merchant in the Indian town of Uri, close to the border with Pakistan, seemed bright. The 28-year-old was among hundreds of barter traders plying their goods along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbours, which opened cross-border trade in 2008 as part of measures to ease tensions. The move was an economic godsend for Uri’s 150,000 residents, especially traders, labourers and drivers. Small hotels,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3143260/kashmir-border-town-villagers-long-resumption-india-pakistan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3143260/kashmir-border-town-villagers-long-resumption-india-pakistan?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:00:15 +0000