Student Bhat Musaddiq Reyaz standing in a crowded carriage of a passenger train on his way back to Kashmir from Banihal. Every day the train to Kashmir's remote cyber oasis Banihal is packed as people travel for hours to get online in the disputed region where internet has been cut for five months. - AFP
BANIHAL (India): Every day the train to Kashmir's remote cyber oasis Banihal is packed as people travel for hours to get online in the disputed region where internet has been cut for five months.
The mountain town of fewer than 4,000 people has six internet cafes, which are booming due to a security clampdown by the Indian government.
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