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Blog Picture Power!

Eddie Mair | 14:57 UK time, Thursday, 16 August 2007

You heard Hugh Sykes on the programme last night and on Tuesday - he sends us these photos from Pakistan and India and the two sides of divided Kashmir.

The Jhelum River in Indian-administered Kashmir, flowing west.

Dal lake in Srinagar, summer capital on the Indian side.

The main road to Islamabad near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Security in the hotel in Muzaffarabad. The stern looks were only for the camera - they both smiled a lot.

Indian soldiers in Baramulla, on the Indian side of the Line of Control (the 1949 ceasefire line).

(l-to-r) Shaheeda, Hadiya and Saima - students in a school in Baramulla. They deeply resent the presence of the Indian army in majority-Muslim Kashmir.

Sayed Ali Geelani, General Secretary of the Movement for the Freedom of Kashmir and fierce opponent of what he calls the Indian 'occupation'.

Two brothers in Amritsar, in Indian Punjab. The older brother beckoned me across the street to take their photo.

Two girls with their brothers in Amritsar - they are reclaiming materials for potential recycling from this pile of stinking, putrid rubbish. And they are smiling.

Hurry - don't miss the...tractor. Pakistani revellers near Lahore heading for Independence Day celebrations at Wagha on the Indian border.

The passengers at the front of the same tractor and trailer.

A young Pakistani family on their way to the border celebrations.

Porters at the Wagha crossing to India. Yes, those are my bags. The large one is very heavy - the satellite dish I use for live broadcasts is in that bag, and a small sound mixer. I begged him to pull it behind him on its wheels, but he said he preferred it on his head.

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At 03:18 PM on 16 Aug 2007, nikki noodle wrote:
Well done Hugh!

Wonderful pictures! Sometimes I think - what a great job to have....!

nikki
At 03:24 PM on 16 Aug 2007, wrote:
Hugh !

If I'm not mistaken - this is the 1000th blog posting from Eddie!

You are honoured!

fabulous pictures.
At 03:34 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Big Sister wrote:
Lovely - and descriptive! - photos, Hugh.

In fact, can I mention another thing that's wonderful about this Blog?

Hugh.

Others make us laugh or think, but Hugh - well, Hugh takes us to other worlds, and makes them come alive.

A toast to Mr. Sykes on this, the eve of the anniversary of the Blog!
At 03:45 PM on 16 Aug 2007, witchiwoman wrote:
Wonderful pictures. I have to admit I don't know mush about the situation in Kashmir, or indeed events surrounding the Partition (not something our school system found particularly useful to tell us about...) The two things that have opened my eyes/piqued my curiousity/given me limitd insight were Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown and Sanjeev Bhaskars recent series on India. I find it stunning that such my education neglected this momentous period; it really makes me quite cross!
At 03:54 PM on 16 Aug 2007, witchiwoman wrote:
PS excuse the typos; my english teachers were actually not that bad!
At 04:58 PM on 16 Aug 2007, JB wrote:
These pictures tell far more than the television news stories which have too much distraction with (sometimes pointless) commentary and, all too often, irrelevant 'music' as well as the shots being to quick to focus on.
The pictures are far better on radio.
Thank you.
At 05:08 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
I'll second Big Sis' toast! And here's another to Hugh!

WW, There seems to have been an enthusiasm for partitioning places on the part of the post-war British. In the two largest examples, there was much unnecessary violence, and in both cases, the core issues remain unresolved.

Let it be a lesson to us all the next time someone suggests partition.

Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi
ed
At 05:10 PM on 16 Aug 2007, wrote:
Nice pics Hugh....

......but there is not one of an 'English Takeaway'?....

DIY:)
At 05:17 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
Picture power

Part of our continuing service....

xx
ed

Anyone got a fiddle I can borrow?
At 06:01 PM on 16 Aug 2007, beetee wrote:
The pictures are stunning.Thank you.
At 06:38 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Rachel G wrote:
Now the blog is talking to me again, I can see how absolutely fabulous these pictures are. Thanks Hugh for taking them - Big Sis is right, you are a blogstar - and Eddie for putting them up for us to admire.
At 08:14 PM on 16 Aug 2007, wrote:
Thursday Evfening .

Sorry about the last one ;-(

Remember 'credit' is only another word for 'belief', and neither seem to be much in evidence....

Lalalalalalalalalal
Haud on! It's gonna be a wild ride!
Slainte
ed
At 09:39 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
Even a will bounce!

Slainte
ed
At 09:57 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
And, for those interested, some on the 'bounce'!

Enjoy!
xx
ed
At 10:09 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
"Correction"?
From Today's Wall Street Journal (tonight's)

If the accepted definition of a market correction is a 10% decline from a previous top, well, it looks as if the word can finally be used. Those who had forgotten what the meaning of 鈥渃orrection鈥� meant aren鈥檛 to be faulted, as it鈥檚 been more than four years since the last one.

The S&P 500, unless it closes above 1397, will have dropped 10% for the first time since March 2003, which makes 1,651 calendar days between 10% declines, according to Schaeffer鈥檚 Investment Research. That鈥檚 the third-longest streak without such a retreat since 1970, with the longest streak taking place between 1990 and 1997.

Meanwhile, around the world, most of the major indexes have dropped at least 10% from their closing highs, leaving most of them in the red for the year, even after strong gains
through the first several months of 2007 (see chart).

Among the worst performers of late: Mexico鈥檚 IPC Index, which has shed nearly 16% from its peak on July 6, but is still up 3.3% on the year. China鈥檚 Shanghai B Index is off 14% from peaking on May 21, but the ridiculous advance in China earlier this year still has that index up a massive 141%. The Nikkei 225 is the true laggard; it has lost 11.6% since topping out on July 9, and is now 6.3% lower than at the beginning of the year.

Lalalalalalalalala....

xx
ed
At 10:38 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Chris Ghoti wrote:
Ed I @13: if the question, asked by an earnest young lady who is convinced she is in telepathic communication with someone near Moscow, is 'What would *you* do if you encountered a grey psychic blanket a third the size of Russia?'

the correct response is

'I would jump up and down and say "bouncy, bouncy, bouncy"...'

Someone ought to tell the markets not to *do* that, it plays havoc with all the ley-lines.
At 10:49 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
Whoops!
At 10:52 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Ed Iglehart wrote:
Family Man

;-) xx
ed
At 11:08 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Gossipmistress wrote:
Great photos Hugh, and stories ehind them. I'm sorry I missed your report. Is that really a Dal lake..?!
At 11:47 PM on 16 Aug 2007, Val P wrote:
Fabulous pictures Hugh - you are so worthy of being Eddie's 1000th post.
At 01:17 PM on 17 Aug 2007, Otter wrote:
Hugh,

Thank you for your photographs and reports.

Kashmir is beautiful. One day it will enjoy the peace and stability that it deserves.

Best Regards

Otter

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