Apour Ti Yapour. Na Jang Na Aman. Yeti Chu Talukpeth.
Between the Fence and the Border and on the Edge of a Map
This documentary feature details the lives of displaced families from Kashir who live in either side of the border.
Since 1947, Kashmir has suffered atrocities inflicted by both states which supposedly govern them – India and Pakistan. However, for the last 20 years, the province of Kashir has been forced into a reign of unstable terror, so much so that people who’ve been separated from their families either never came back to their homes again, or got back too late and find their family members already dead. The bureaucracy, violence, and injustice these people suffer is beyond belief, to the point where one must ask what benefits of a free state do the Kashmiris enjoy? Both governments have claimed parts of Kashmir, with no consideration to the people themselves.
A Film by Ajay Raina
Article by Rohan