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Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir

Sep 06, 2025

The Dard-Shin museum curator

Bashir Ahmad Teroo is making every effort to preserve the past of his Dardic community in Gurez valley, Kashmir

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Author

Muzamil Bhat

Muzamil Bhat is a Srinagar-based freelance photojournalist and filmmaker, and was a PARI Fellow in 2022.

Editor

Priti David

Priti David is the Executive Editor of PARI. She writes on forests, Adivasis and livelihoods. Priti also leads the Education section of PARI and works with schools and colleges to bring rural issues into the classroom and curriculum.

Photo Editor

Binaifer Bharucha

Binaifer Bharucha is a freelance photographer based in Mumbai, and Photo Editor at the People's Archive of Rural India.