The enduring legacy of Kashmir’s poet-saints who built bridges between faiths

The 15th-century shrine of Nund Rishi, one of Kashmir's most important poet-saints. Peter Dziedzic, CC BY Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. In April 2025, India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries that share a tense border, came dangerously close to a major confrontation after militants attacked Indian tourists near the popular resort town of Pahalgam in Indian Kashmir. Against this backdrop, media coverage of Kashmir often focuses on violence…