Portraits from Kashmir : Banjoosa village

Portraits from Kashmir : Banjoosa village
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

November, 2005 | After Earthquake

Via Flickr:
She had just returned from her school and I asked her to stop so that I could take her photograph. She was very shy so a lot of insisting went in from her parents. She finally relented and I had this portrait made.

Portraits from Kashmir : Banjoosa village

Portraits from Kashmir : Banjoosa village
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

November, 2005 | After Earthquake

Via Flickr:
I visited her partially destroyed house and I asked her for a portrait. She was very shy and probably sad as well. So she just kept her eyes low, in time honored Eastern-Islamic concept of modesty. I really like her stripped chador matching with her forehead lines.

Fort Munro, Punjab

Fort Munro, Punjab
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

There is a Christian graveyard from British era here at the top of Fort Munro mountain. It was a favorite place for many British army officers, many of whom are now buried here.

Many of the tombstones have been either broken or stolen in past many decades which prompted authorities to cage the remaining heritage. As a nation we cannot and do not tolerate minority culture nor do we give a damn to historical artifacts and sites. That's a shame. This photograph was taken in 2005. I am not sure what became of this place.

This town straddles the Punjab-Baluchistan border.