Graffiti in Kashmir has long been an effective form of protest art and visual politics. Kashmir as a contested visual spaceThe political struggle in Kashmir is terrestrial as well as diplomatic, but also very visual. As time passed, graffiti evolved in style and content and adopted stencils, murals, and symbolic imagery, inspired by global resistance art, including Palestinian street art. Kashmiri graffiti and graffiti art in general are examples of ways visual art may serve as resistance, memory and political communication in contexts of conflict. Writing on the wall: in Kashmir, Graffiti Meets Counter Graffiti.

Source: The Hindu January 15, 2026 01:27 UTC