Hashim Lone, born in 1994, is a documentary photographer from the Indian-controlled Kashmir region, living currently in Switzerland. He has worked as a freelance photojournalist for various media houses in India and as an independent documentary photographer on his own projects for the past seven years. His work focuses primarily on the decades-long unresolved and violent conflict in his home, Kashmir. He also regularly documents the life of various nomadic tribes in the Himalayan region, the uprisings of farmers, and the life of refugees in exile in India.
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One of the world's least-reported conflicts, Kashmir is often viewed by many as just a territorial dispute between South Asian nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. But over the past 32 years, the humanitarian cost of the conflict has been extremely high. Once a paradise on earth for its stunning natural beauty, Kashmir has become a land of pain and misery. When the armed uprising against Indian rule broke out in 1989 and the conflict turned into a full-fledged dispute, the armed rebellion was gradually crushed by a sustained repressive military campaign by India. More than 90,000 people have died and thousands of orphans and widows have been left behind. A deep identity crisis and a longing for a life of peace and dignity are seen on the face of every Kashmiri, even in relatively calm times.
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