Postcard from Kashmir - NYTimes.com "Nelson Guda, a world-wandering photographer, artist and writer (with a doctorate in biology), sent me a note" last week from Kashmir, Andrew C. Revkin writes in The Opinion Pages of The New York Times, "the beautiful and turbulent patch of territory caught for decades in a border dispute between India and Pakistan." Mr. Revkin shares Mr. Guda's note, which describes the situation in Kashmir after Dastgir Sahib, the most revered Sufi shrine in Kashmir, caught fire and was destroyed. "There is a lot of nervousness and anger," Mr. Guda writes: I came to Kashmir as ignorant about the situation here as most Americans probably are. Kashmir is a large area that was divided between India and Pakistan. Ethnically it is predominantly Sufi Muslim - a sect of Islam that promotes unity among world religions. The main part of Kashmir is controlled by India, which is largely Hindu. I had always thought that the Kashmiri conflict was about religious differences, but I've found that isn't the case. The conflict here is about control of the land, and one of the things that most irks Kashmiris is that they don't have any control over their own natural resources. Read the full article. For a deeper look, read Gardiner Harris's feature article in The Times, In Kashmir, Killing Ebbs, but Killers Roam Free, and Guda's blog .