Kashmir looks for answers, by Tarushi Aswani.
‘My house still bears marks of Pakistan’s artillery shelling. It is a miracle we survived,’ says Sitaram, a resident of Rajouri district, in the south of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
On the night of 7 May 2025, Pakistan’s army fired across the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between Pakistan and India.
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