Anantnag, Indian-administered Kashmir – Standing in the dusty courtyard of their partly rebuilt house in Mattan town of Indian-administered Kashmir’s Anantnag district, the Bhat family poses for a picture.
This was in September last year, right at the cusp of autumn in the picturesque valley, when dozens of abandoned homes owned by Kashmiri Hindus, also known as Pandits, were undergoing repairs in hopes that they will return to what had been their homeland for centuries.
