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Downtown Kashmir has a writing on the wall
Ahead of the India-Pakistan T20 match at Mirpur last Sunday, a set of pro-Pakistani graffiti was spotted on a stretch of wall in Downtown Srinagar. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
Updated on: Mar 3, 2016 5:49 PM IST
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Ahead of the India-Pakistan T20 match at Mirpur last Sunday, a set of pro-Pakistani graffiti was spotted on a stretch of wall in Downtown Srinagar. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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Downtown Srinagar is the older part of the city, known for its architectural splendor and violent protests every Friday. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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There are numerous pieces of graffiti in the city hailing the acts of the Islamic State, the Hizbul Mujahideen, its commander Burhan Wani, and the Taliban. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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In the labyrinth of narrow lanes around the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, these pieces of graffiti have become a common sight. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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Though the alleged anti-national sloganeering in JNU has snowballed into a big national debate, walls and shutters of shops in Srinagar can be seen delivering many anti-India slogans, some of them even more ‘provocative’ ones. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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But who draws them? These are mostly drawn at the dead of the night by anonymous and untraceable ‘creators’. “No one knows who do it, and no one takes responsibility,” says a resident of Downtown. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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The separatist leadership of the Valley perceives the graffiti as the pouring out of the inner emotions of the common Kashmiris. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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There are slogans hailing the acts of the Islamic State, the Hizbul Mujahideen, the Taliban and asking India to “go back”. (Waseem Andrabi//HT Photo)
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