Kashmir

Kashmir - actually Jammu and Kashmir -  is the northernmost province of India, a mountainous region on the Indian subcontinent. Since the outbreak of the first Indo-Pakistani war in 1947, predominantly Muslim Kashmir has been de facto divided between India, Pakistan and China. Pakistan administers the territory of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltissim, while China administers the Aksai Chin region and the Shaksgam Valley. India continues to claim all of historic Kashmir.

The Kashmir conflict pitting the armies of the three countries against each other has been a long-running affair since 1947, but has intensified under the rule of Nanenda Modi, who previously played a controversial role as prime minister of Gujarat in the 2002 riots, in which an estimated 1,000 Muslims were killed in three weeks. Modi is accused of failing to stop Hindu aggression against Muslims. History is now repeating itself in Kashmir, with Modi in the role of prime minister of India. Meanwhile, separatist movements are calling for the restoration of Kashmir's independence.

Kashmir is rich in water, Ka means 'water' and Shimir means 'dry', hence Kashmir is said to be 'dried up'  water" means, similar to the term "polder" in our country. Access to water is essential for agriculture, and the food situation in Kashmir in general. Fish is a part of Kashmir, not only freshly caught in the lakes, rivers and streams, but also in the world's largest trout farms.