Twenty Years On, This Couple Is The Only Hindu Family Among 1.65 Lakh People In Kargil

Twenty years on, a Hindu family and a Sikh-Muslim couple remain the only thread in the bond that has unified faiths in Kargil for years, despite unease between Hindus and Muslims since the 1999 India-Pakistan war that ruptured the town’s peace.

Ravinder Nath and his wife Madhu are at ease as they swap seats at their wholesale shop, attending to Muslim buyers in this border town, just 200 metres from the Line of Control.

For the past two decades, this couple is the only Hindu family among the 1.65-lakh people in Kargil.

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