A Kashmiri photojournalist chronicles his parents during the pandemic in Turkey, braving a lockdown that is much different from army enforced lockdowns in their hometown in disputed Kashmir
My parents moved to Istanbul to join one of my siblings in October last year. They wanted to get away from the suffocating environment of their hometown of Srinagar, the capital of India-administered Kashmir. They had survived one of the longest military and communication lockdowns, which began on August 5, when New Delhi abrogated the nominal autonomy of Kashmir so that the disputed territory became federally administered.
In this photo series shot with an iPhone, my parents are chronicled during the pandemic, and it captures the range of emotions that characterised this time — from yearning to nostalgia, to a simple prayer that asked for a return to their home in Kashmir. Mother saying a prayer just before Iftar. She has been continuing this family tradition in Istanbul. Kashmir and Turkey figure in her prayers throughout the blessed month.
Parents speaking to my other siblings in Kashmir. In the months after the abrogation of the semi-autonomy, they were unable to hear from any relatives in Kashmir. Parents along with my niece watching Istanbul's Ramazan Davulcusu from the only window in the apartment offering a street view. The drummers are out collecting charity in the last days of Ramadan. The one thing my parents have not missed is Ramadan drummers. They wake people up at Suhoor, part of an ancient tradition in both Kashmir and Turkey.
Mother taking pictures of her favourite dessert, 'firini', as father sits in his favourite spot by the window, looking out onto the street. No matter how old she gets, my mother never stops making delicacies for the family.
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