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Showkat Nanda

Jammu and Kashmīr

Photographer at Freelance

Contributing Photographer at The New York Times

Journalist, Photographer and Educator, Fulbright Fellow, @mujschool/@mizzou J-School alum

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  • Blasts outside, prayers inside: A Kashmiri's account of a night under military bombardment

    3 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Showkat Nanda

    I could hear the women in the bunker nearby chanting the Islamic Shahada — 'There is no god but God…' — each time a shell landed. Their voices didn’t crack. Each time a blast rang out, my own body tightened Showkat Nanda Published 12.05.25, 06:35 AM A man stands inside a house damaged after cross border shelling by Pakistan in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir. PTI photo Showkat Nanda reported from Garkote in Kashmir.

  • A Night in Kashmir, Caught Between India and Pakistan’s Fight

    3 days ago | flipboard.com | Showkat Nanda

    21 hours agoIndia - May 10, 2025 Pakistan launched a military operation against India, hitting key military assets including missile storage facilities and airfields in Udhampur, Adampur, and Pathankot. Pakistan said it was also conducting a sweeping cyber offensive aimed at crippling India’s government networks, energy infrastructure, telecommunications, and transportation systems.

  • A Night in Kashmir, Caught Between India and Pakistan's Fight

    3 days ago | nytimes.com | Showkat Nanda

    Far from the missile strikes and drone combat that grabbed the world's attention, ordinary Kashmiris suffer the heaviest toll of India and Pakistan's confrontation. As night fell, we could see in the distance hills dotted with glowing white specks - homes tucked into the slopes of the Pakistani side of Kashmir. The town behind us, on the Indian side, was also shimmering. My friend was hopeful. "Lights are a good sign," he said.

  • Cachemira es una región floreciente, pero el atentado muestra que también es un lugar en convulsión

    5 days ago | nytimes.com | Anupreeta Das |Showkat Nanda |Atul Loke

    La masacre de 26 personas magnificó la alienación que se siente desde hace tiempo en una región que vive bajo una estricta vigilancia y tiene derechos democráticos limitados. Cachemira es muchas cosas. Es un territorio fronterizo en disputa por el que India y Pakistán han luchado durante más de tres cuartos de siglo, convirtiéndolo en una de las zonas más desgarradas y militarizadas del mundo.

  • Kashmir Is a Wonderland. An Attack Shows It Is Also a Cradle of Despair.

    1 week ago | flipboard.com | Anupreeta Das |Showkat Nanda

    NowA tourist enjoying a zip line ride in a picturesque valley inadvertently captured chaos in the background as militants opened fire below him. Rishi Bhatt donned a blue helmet as he prepared to slide down a zip line across the Baisaran Valley in Kashmir, a “mini Switzerland” where hundreds of …

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Showkat Nanda
Showkat Nanda @ShowkatNanda
1 May 25

"Kashmir Is a Wonderland. An Attack Shows It Is Also a Cradle of Despair." https://t.co/j3Jo1C0FzN

Showkat Nanda
Showkat Nanda @ShowkatNanda
24 Apr 25

About 10 minutes later, at 2:47 p.m., Mr. Khan said, he heard the sound of what he thought was firecrackers set off by the tourists. “Then I saw three people lying in a pool of blood,” he said. https://t.co/Xl3US8lXup

Showkat Nanda
Showkat Nanda @ShowkatNanda
22 Apr 25

RT @suhasiniraj: At Least 24 Tourists Reported Killed by Gunmen in Kashmir The attack, in a picturesque district, was the worst assault ag…