“These floods have turned Kashmir back 40 years,” said Abdul Samad, 65, as he sat on a bridge atop of a rice sack as if it were a prize, his family on either side. Below, the floodwaters still churned with debris and the carcass of a cow. “We’re hungry. We have nothing to eat,” said Samad, still sweating from the exertion. “That’s why I’m fighting for a sack of rice at my age.” Instead of moving in to help keep order among the starving crowd, Indian army soldiers watched from a parapet next door, laughing and filming the scene on their smartphones. washingtonpost/world/anger-rises-in-indias-kashmir-valley-as-people-remain-trapped-a-week-after-floods/2014/09/13/975dc8ea-ed15-4d0f-a517-4c0ab71d3d0a_story.html
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:02:50 +0000
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