Inverted Grounds; Tethered Geographies Words Oorvi Sharma Photographs Oorvi Sharma and Tushar Verma
Section through Skurbuchan Khar in Skurbuchan, Ladakh (illustration: John Harrison).
In 2019, the Government of India made two major changes to the nation’s constitution: it amended Article 370 and abrogated Article 35A, dissolving the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. Prior to these changes, Article 370 had accorded Jammu and Kashmir a constitution and legislative authority, while Article 35A granted special rights to permanent residents of the state, including employment and property. The government’s unprecedented and unilateral move to amend the constitution will indelibly alter socio-political relationships and urban development in the region.
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