Hazratbal Shrine: When our turn comes to take a ride in a chopper, we see most roads deserted from above. The road outside the Hazratbal shrine is deserted except for two men and a bike. The arterial Maulana Azad road is empty, too. But in the afternoon, these
restrictions are lifted partially from Srinagar city (Photos by Ashish Sharma)
People pass a barbed wire check post in Srinagar
Paramilitary forces checking an ambulance during the curfew in Srinagar
Curfew in Maisuma, Srinagar
Curfew in Srinagar
Maisuma, Srinagar: A girl, wearing bright festive clothes, appears with her gang of children. She is singing, âAankh maare O ladki aankh mare,â from a film made much before she must have been born. She asks a woman journalist standing nearby to remove her shades and when she does, exclaims dramatically: âOh my God!â Her gang laughs. Even the CRPF personnel cannot resist a smile
Site of Pulwama Attack: The Major points at the fresh tarmac laid at the spot where a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a convoy of 78 trucks carrying CRPF personnel on February 14. âThe impact was so severe that four bodies were flung across the double road on to a set of communication towers,â he says
Army patrolling the street in Pulwama
A boy riding his cycle during curfew in Srinagar
Dal Lake, Srinagar: A police officer, an old friend, nods his head and says: âI donât know what happened to us. It is as if a few men turned mad and to escape being different from them, the rest of us drank the mad waters of an imaginary river flowing through Srinagar.â
