Bullets to ballots: A palpable shift in Kashmir's landscape

The winding roads of North Kashmir, flanked by towering deodars and Kashmir willows, lead to a region once synonymous with conflict. Today, however, the air in Kupwara and Handwara buzzes with a different energy: that of democratic participation. News Arena India Editor-in-Chief Naveen S Garewal travels to the areas adjoining the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and reports from the ground.