A new pictorial volume is depcting entrenched narratives about Jammu & Kashmir. “Re-imagining Jammu & Kashmir: A Pictorial Journey,” a 225-page coffee-table book by award-winning photo-journalist Ashish Sharma, was unveiled in Delhi this week. Sharma’s lens moves far beyond conflict headlines, revealing what he calls “Jashn-e-Zindagi,” the everyday celebration of life that endures in the Valley. Sweeping colour plates linger over saffron fields, cherry orchards and shikara markets, while rare images of Shankaracharya Temple, Hazratbal Dargah, Chatti Padshahi Gurdwara and the Vaishno Devi cave shrine underscore Kashmir’s plural spiritual heritage. A stark black-and-white section spotlights Border Security Force and Indian Army personnel guarding the frontier, framing the resilience that underpins the region’s renewal. “Kashmir’s nights have sometimes turned pitch-black, but its soil has always glimmered like gold,”. Published by Bloomsbury, the book is now on sale across India and online. #kashmirdiaries #heavenonearth #JashnEKashmir #kashmirtourism #ReimaginingKashmir #kashmiriculture #kashmirvalley #WanderlustKashmir #Kashmir2025 #explorekashmir #kashmirvlogs #kashmirreels #vlog