Case Study—Kashmir: Physical Tremor, but No Political Earthquake
When a massive earthquake struck Kashmir on October 8, 2005, families sprawled across this mountainous territory naturally wanted to make sure that relatives living in nearby towns and villages had survived. But many of them could not reach their kin—and impassable roads were only part of the problem. The quake’s epicenter was near the “Line of Control” (LoC), the ceasefire line that demarcates India and Pakistan’s claims on Kashmir and separates many Kashmiri families...
