Wednesday Wanderings: Kargil, Kashmir
It’s weird how ‘real life’ – the political issues, the wars and the pain leaves its impact on us and the places we inhabit/visit.
India was involved in an armed conflict with Pakistan in the summer of 1999. This conflict, known as Kargil War, or Operation Vijay, took place in the Kargil, Dras and Batalik regions of Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC).
As I was traveling through Kashmir this year en route to Ladakh, I cam across many remnants of the war. One of these was a wall constructed on a short stretch of the national highway in Dras sector. The highway is very crucial for supporting the movement of supplies and forces, and if any part of the highway was taken over, the rest of Kashmir and entire Ladakh region would have been cut off from the rest of the country. This wall, very close to the famous ‘Tiger’ Hill, was constructed during Operation Vijay to protect this passing trucks from constant shelling coming in from the hill tops.
I Drink My Tea Sweet 