The front page of the scrapbook compiled during the 2008 uprising.
Time magazine lightbox picture: 14 Jul 2013, Srinagar, India — Srinagar, India. A Kashmiri boy jumps into a spring during a hot Ramadan day on the outskirts of Srinagar as Kashmir valley witnesses a heat wave. It was going to be the longest Ramadan since 1979 with a fast duration of 16 hours. Image by © syed shahriyar/Demotix/Corbis.
Initially, Shahriyar wanted to be a writer. His grandfather, Syed Akbar Jaipuri, was a famous Urdu poet and was bestowed the title of Mujahid-e-Urdu (militant of Urdu). “I grew up in a home that always welcomed poets and writers and there was an atmosphere that welcomed intellectual thought and an open exchange of ideas,” he says.