For a region so indisputably beautiful in its natural landscape, we all know Kashmir is rife with border disputes among India, China, and Pakistan. And so we hoped to ameliorate the tension by crafting scarves and shawls from within the region, our own little preserve of Ladakh tradition. But who else befittingly contributed to the dissemination of the cultural arts in Kashmir? We scoured the internet in search. In result, our labour of artistic Kashmiri love:

He may not be Kashmiri, but photo journalist Teru Kuwayama, a John S. Knight Fellowship who currently traverses South East Asia with camera in tow, was a former TED X Fellowship (originators of the “Ideas worth spreading” idealogy, an ahilya inspiration) who countlessly photographed the humanitarian crises within Kashmir, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Often, with his life on the line. His images? Of the jaw-dropping National Geographic variety.

On a lighter note, the youth of the Indian Jammu and Kashmir region organized “The Quest for the finest artists of Kashmir”—an exhibition that displayed earlier this month in its capital city of Srinagar. Some of our favourite artists that document Kashmir through a lens, include Zahid Samoon and Basit Alvi. Connect via Facebook.

To conclude, we introduce Search Kashmir, in bits and pieces, a perfectly assembled blog by 27-year-old Vinayak Razdan, a Kashmiri enthusiast from Delhi. It comprehensively documents the various facets of culture—art, music, literature, and history—in a very informative, visual way. Think long lost photos from the early 20th century, commentary on Bollywood-produced Kashmiri films, and memories from Gulmarg.