Umar Farooq

Independent Multimedia Journalist | Work: @scmpnews @theipaper @outlookindia @newsclickin @article14live @thewire_in @FreePressk & many.

[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

A houseboat stands on a dry patch of land on the bank of the Jelhum River in Srinagar, Kashmir, on September 13, 2023. The Jhelum River has witnessed a significant decline in its water level.
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[Frontline @frontline_india]

NEW | The last guards of Kashmir’s saffron fields sit by their weakening fire, keeping watch over a tradition that may not see another dawn.

Umar Farooq writes.

https://t.co/zeWWCPVFH3

[Mehar Zargar @mehar_zargar]

Various private schools in the Valley are asking teachers to report to school during winter, and I genuinely don’t understand why. Is winter break only meant for students? Doesn’t winter affect teachers too?

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Nine Dead in Srinagar Police Station Blast Tied to Terror-Module Probe

@Gaamuk✍️
https://t.co/CcGm6vA0cC

[The Wire @thewire_in]

@Gaamuk Thousands of fruit-laden heavy trucks have been halted in Kashmir, some for nearly three weeks. Farmers have been forced to throw away rotted fruit crops on the side of the highway.

@Gaamuk✍️ https://t.co/Zd9Xy3sVQG

[The Wire @thewire_in]

NHAI's 'Delay' in Fixing Jammu-Srinagar Highway Has Cost Kashmir's Apple Farmers Dearly

@Gaamuk✍️
https://t.co/Zd9Xy3so18

[Jehangir Ali @Gaamuk]

NHAI's 'Delay' in Fixing Jammu-Srinagar Highway Has Cost Kashmir's Apple Farmers Dearly - The Wire https://t.co/Se0QJazOA5

[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

And people like you don’t even bother to check who made these images before publishing on personal profiles.

[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

It’s really disheartening to see that you’ve used my pictures, as well as my colleague @faisalbashirs’, without mentioning due credits. As an independent photojournalist, I put in a lot of efforts, time, and personal resources to make every single picture!

[Nasir Khuehami (ناصر کہویہامی) @NasirKhuehami]

Tons of Kashmiri apples have been destroyed on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway after being stranded for days due to landslides and heavy rains. For thousands of farmers, whose year-long sweat and toil ride on these apple-laden trucks, this devastating loss is nothing short of heartbreaking!

[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

Flood water enters residential houses in Zenipora, a neighbourhood village in Pampore, an area in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, 04 September, 2025.

Photos - Umar Farooq
#Kashmirflood2025 #Rainfall

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State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) workers carry a boat before starting a rescue operation in flood affected villages in Taingan, a village in Budagm district of Jammu and Kashmir, on 04 September, 2025.

Photos - Umar Farooq
#Kashmir #Floods #rainfall

[MohsiN Salam محسن سلام @MohsinAsks]

Flood Inundated Jamia Masjid Gundipora!
@jk_sdma @Kashmir_Weather @LabeebGulzar

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A man carries a girl while crossing the flash flood waters in Gondipora, a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on September, 03, 2025.

Photo - Umar Farooq
#FloodinKashmir #Rainfall #Kashmir

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

Stolen futures: The Kashmir children caught up in India-Pakistan conflict https://t.co/S2emxYofkj

[Sahil Parray @iamsahilparray]

I request all my Kashmiri brothers and sisters studying outside J&K to stay safe and alert. We have created a dedicated group with police officers, civil administrators, and politicians to coordinate help. If you face any issues, feel free to contact me on WhatsApp or call at 7006339330. We will be there for you. Also The Govt of J&K must act swiftly to ensure the safety and dignity of our students. We stand together.
@OmarAbdullah @RuhullahMehdi @sakinaitoo @CM_JnK @bhatray @DrSuneem

[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims offer Eid-al-Fitr prayers at Dargah Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar Kashmir on 31 March, 2025.

Photographs - Umar Farooq

[Kashmir Religion Islam Dargah Hazratbal Muslim Prayers Ramadan Eid-Prayers]

[Mohammad Syeed Shawl محمّد سید شال @Mohammad_syeed1]

Kashmiri Muslim devotees, including men, women, and children, offered prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr at Ali Masjid, in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 31, 2025.
#EidAlFitr #Kashmir

Photo: @Mohammad_syeed1

[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

Human-wildlife clashes in Kashmir have claimed over 100 lives and left 906 injured since 2018, with leopards being the primary threat. Nearly 1,000 encounters have been recorded as shrinking habitats push wildlife into human spaces | Free Press Kashmir

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Muslim devotees offer Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid, old quarters New Delhi, India on March 14, 2025.

Photos - Umar Farooq

#Muslims #Ramadan #India #Religion

[Saqib Manzoor @saw_cub1]

For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits plummet, bookshops are being replaced by kebab shops.

I write for The Guardian. Pictures by Danyal Hassan

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[Umar Farooq @umarfarooq3546]

“Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story.” — Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things.

Photograph - Umar Farooq
#Childhoodstories #childhoodeveryday