Kashmiris Are Voting Again. But Do They Have a Voice? NYT | Top Stories Sameer Yasir and Showkat Nanda 18 September 2024 at 17:44 An election that began on Wednesday will restore some of the self-rule India took away in 2019. But a lasting chill has fallen over Kashmir. © Atul Loke for The New York TimesPeople in Kuglam, in southern Kashmir, lined up on Wednesday to vote in Kashmir’s first regional legislative election in a decade.