Is Kashmir Dangerous? Locals Share the Truth

1947 the British divided their Indus Empire into two countries, India and Pakistan. And then both countries became really good friends and everything was okay forever. No, what actually happened was over 70 years of wars and conflicts that have killed half a million Indians and Pakistanis. And Kashmir has been in the middle of it all!
For this reason, the FCDO advises you NOT to come here. Is Kashmir really the turbulent, dangerous, war zone the media makes it to be? Or is it somewhere we can visit, explore, and most importantly, learn from.
Enjoy,
Mike x
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[@BeighToiba]

Kashmir belongs to Kashmiri people! Nothing more to say ✨️!

[@IqbalLone-bm2bj]

Yes exactly

[@User1a2]

Yes

[@namansingh6117]

and kashmir is in india,so it belongs to all indians just like other states.

[@User1a2]

​@@namansingh6117 india did it forcibly with his army. We never wanted it.

[@karankapoor1837]

@@User1a2chal mc forcefully to convert ne lia ha 2 desh bhi de dia fir bhi deemak ki tarah chipak gaye ha katta lulli 😢😂😂

[@athernabie]

Tourists are wayyyyy much safer than locals here....

[@INTRoVERTme-z4s]

Sahi

[@ZakirBhaiVlogs]

Correction: only kashmiri people are not safe in their motherland kashmir

[@Serahs055]

Nobody talked about the real situation because they will be locked by the government the next day. The security is for the people, to control them not to protect them. Besides we kashmiris always welcome our guests, this is what our religion teaches us.

[@619iamawesome]

❤

[@solihapaul2028]

I'm proud.... atleast In our mouj kashir.... someone is there to speak the truth.... Allah bless uh

[@levl3916]

The Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates. Major commodities distributed include staple food grains, such as wheat, rice, sugar and essential fuels like kerosene, through a network of fair price shops (also known as ration shops) established in several states across the country. Food Corporation of India, a government-owned corporation, procures and maintains the PDS.

[@user-dg2dm8xg4u]

Mike Okay, this is the system. Also, FREE food is available for BPL (below poverty line) families.

[@abhinaysingh8306]

@@user-dg2dm8xg4u central government spent around 30 billion US$ for this act. currently, government is giving free foods to around 800+ million people in india.

[@user-dg2dm8xg4u]

@@abhinaysingh8306 Yes Sir. All the more the urgency to cross 10 trillion economy, for the free food peoples can rise above poverty level whilst freeing the central govt of this task.

[@abhinaysingh8306]

@@user-dg2dm8xg4u we need to reach 8 trillion mark by 2030 and 20 trillion by 2040.

[@mayurrathod3881]

The central government has been providing free food to all who has ration card from the last 3 since the pandemic

[@nc541]

I was there in April 24 and had a fantastic time.People are so very friendly and warm and we felt very safe.People survive mainly on tourism and were very happy and welcoming. What a Beauty ...It truly is a slice of Paradise on Earth

[@Exploringkashmir01]

most of our kashmir economy is based on our Fruits, Tourism/hospitality and kashmir arts and crafts 🍁❤✌️

[@GashaWani-lt2jo]

Tourism provides 4-5 % in terms of direct GDP contribution of kashmir and 7-8% Indirect GDP of kashmir. Please don't say kashmir mainly depends on tourism. 🙏

[@nc541]

@GashaWani-lt2jo Get your facts right dud..and read above

[@GashaWani-lt2jo]

@@nc541 I have edited my comment bro so u can better understand . If I am still wrong. Please correct me. And provide me a source of info

[@nc541]

@@GashaWani-lt2jo The locals were saying that without Tourism there is no revenue coming in ..It a fact

[@neerajsharma-ls9vk]

Thanku Rizwan for the hospatility you showed

[@oliverlloyd5516]

Love your genuine interactions with the locals there, everyone seems so friendly

[@Robdua1968]

It is the problem created by the British which people of Kashmir are suffering till now.

[@Riyazad-mr7hm]

British and the UN *Divide them before you leave, they will continue to suffer even in your absence*

[@soobyyyjann5026]

Yes

[@sage5876]

the vibe , the free nature of yours and the way you travel and experience the reality just taught me something today. cheers man . ONE LIFE humans just take a look around the world before you die .

[@mikeokay]

Thanks so much mate

[@DDD-jg9pc]

So beautiful to see humanity in its most beautiful form 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@noelegodfrey3378]

Fantastic video. What a place. So enlightening. Kashmir is on the bucket list!

[@OO-rd5uo]

Be sure to tell about Kashmir being on your bucket list to BBC- British BullS**T Company! Also tell them stop telling lies about India.

[@mohammadyaqoobbazaz788]

You are most welcome brother

[@Fur999]

Man, Kashmir is the only one paradise on earth 🕊️🌍❤.

[@Babarazam313]

Hatts off to Rizwan ❤❤ He showed the real hospitality of our Kashmir

[@princesinghchandell]

Welcome back mike i want you to visit eastern and southern part of india, you will love it

[@user-dg2dm8xg4u]

13:10 The Govt of India is providing HIGHLY SUBSIDIZED food to Ration Card holders probably less than usd10$ for the month. Plus FREE FOOD to BPL (below poverty line) families. To prevent corruption and to have a transparent system, Ration Card and BPL card has to be made by each family which entitles them for these benefits. Nearly 90% population are helped. Making these cards is simple process but to the uninitiated it will appear troublesome. Regarding jobs and tourism, it is indeed amazing to hear that no jobs due to less tourism, whereas Kashmir is bursting at the seams with tourists and in 2023 to date over 18 million tourists have arrived, the highest in 3 decades! You have to be where the tourists are.

[@ronskip]

And hindu tax payers are paying for the Muslims who in return had kicked out the original resident hindu pandits

[@user-dg2dm8xg4u]

@@ronskip True, honest tax payers are funding not just JK , but All of India. My friend drives a 1cr car but ITR income is just over 10L. GST has proved to be a boon to tap these non tax payee shirkers for the benefit of India. Jai Bharat.

[@abhinaysingh8306]

@@user-dg2dm8xg4u true, i am from haryana and you can easily find crorepati farmers in every village of haryana but none of them pays income tax.

[@bellabrieeee]

Does your government pay you enough to spread so much PR and propaganda lmao

[@t.i.m.e2994]

Foreigners visit Kashmir since centuries....it is not new for Kashmir to have tourists or tourism from foreign countries or remote countries American African Australian Oceania Asian European South east asian, middle east, central Asian .... But it's sub continent (neighbouring countries or occupiers) 😢who make it unsafe... For selfish reasons

[@xamykypx]

Love the video Mikey!! Miss u already xxx

[@praveerkrishnatiwari1383]

UK govt is the reason of this clash

[@joerogers1885]

Great video really interesting!

[@PO-vu2em]

Really great video and glad to see you're back. Looking forward to watching others. Keep them coming.

[@mikeokay]

Thanks so much 🥰

[@javaidkhan8854]

Mike, u r a beautiful human being ....which makes u to feel so happy and satisfied all over the world....

[@nusratzaro152]

Hope you will enjoy the trip. Keep videoing people are very hospitable. You won’t feel alone there. 👌

[@mikeokay]

Thank you, I will

[@manzoordar3864]

I love you

[@themesa.evigan]

Welcome back mate

[@tabiyashah3171]

Amzing tnx a lot To explore Kashmir ❤❤

[@ASH9366]

Really happy to see you back in Kashmir 👍 I want to know more about this State 🇮🇳🏁🇮🇳 Much love 🙏

[@abhinaysingh8306]

come to india. season is best right now

[@1979jlr]

Last year 18 million tourist visited Kashmir

[@aritoga999]

amazing video , it shows reality .

[@mikeokay]

Glad you think so!

[@GAURAV6384]

Good Job Mike.....Thanku Rijwan.....

[@YasirReshi-wn6tg]

Hello brother, i just saw your video, and the place where nazir sahab invited, my hometown is just 10mins from that place. Also i am in uk right now, hope to see you soon. It will be my pleasure to meet you here.

[@MrJoysiq]

great video mate

[@mikeokay]

Thanks 👍

[@kashmirisensations9201]

Interesting video ❤

[@ayusraksa5749]

Awesome demo of an Indian Govt ration shop. MEETING WITH NAZIR AWESOME

[@adhirbose9910]

That thing about having a market for one or related products in the same location is a very Indian thing. Because Indians love to bargain, and want value for their money, so if you have an entire market of the same products in the same location, both the buyers and sellers benift. Eg; in any city or town in India, there will be a hardware market or automotive spare parts or electrical parts market. It's the reverse of competition, the genuine buyer's come to you, and somebody/ everybody gets business.

[@yashsaxena6416]

I want to visit Kashmir now. Thanks for this amazing video.

[@mikeokay]

You should!

[@syeedaadilhafiz4961]

You are most welcome ❤ and you can stay with me in my home via Airbnb

[@UgarWaadi]

And in my home free 👍

[@slowlifegamer2554]

Eyyy!! He's back!! Glad to know you're safe and sound. Keep the videos coming, brother! 💪🏻💪🏻

[@mikeokay]

Thanks brother. Good to see your comment ❤️

[@user-gq3vz7td8i]

Reality is always different than what media portrays

[@LordOfGod-1234]

London got flooded by Muslim's So this guy decided to come to kashmir.😂

[@sim6349]

Cry about it 😢😢😢😢

[@iqbalthegreat]

Kashmiris are not like Pakistani Muslims, we are disciplined, despite everything we face we tie our stomach and live happily in our valley despite the global trend of migration. We appreciate the Europe and US thinking to ban immigration.

[@jkssb-jkpsc-classes]

​@@iqbalthegreat everyone is disciplined except sanskaris

[@iqradar9462]

Lindu 😂

[@Danish_Mushtaq-sofi-tral]

WE CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS,AND JEWS ARE COUSINS....WHY DO YOU POLYTHEISTS CARE....WAIT AND CRY FOR THE DAY WHEN WE WILL UNITE....

[@shahidnabibhat]

Love from Kashmir you are always welcome here💓

[@monk2559]

Brother u deserved million subscribers ❤

[@the_unboxing_legend]

Bro i am a Kashmiri. I think if you read history. You will get to know a lot about Kashmir. I think people nowadays are afraid to talk anything about this topic... But one thing is for sure that Kashmir is now a safe place to visit. Hope you have loved your journey to Kashmir

[@bhatjunaid1299]

Luv from kashmir bro This is called kashmiri hospitality not anywhere else found❤️

[@ZerooooooooooooooooooooO]

First time seeing a foreigner vlogger talking about us! Who agrees?

[@baadalhardas720]

Salute🫡 to Rizwan bhai.. for being loyal❤😊

[@MachineryManushya]

Free food system is for all poor people not only in kashmir but in every state of indian they take 5 inr for 1kg of rice.

[@trendingshorts4415]

bro he is saying that govt provide free food material to local without any cost

[@jkssb-jkpsc-classes]

😂😂wrong

[@hamdanirumaan7910]

Uncle might have told you about the indian occupation and atrocities we have faced till india occupied kashmir

[@Cinematicshorts2.0]

We Kashmiris are so kind we never ever disrespect our tourists ❤❤

[@musicquest1520]

govt is providing free food but they still .....

[@syeedaadilhafiz4961]

❤love from Kashmir and visit again and again you are always welcome and next time please stay in my homestay via Airbnb.

[@mikeokay]

Next time!

[@ahzaabmanzoor4820]

Assalamualaikum brother ❤from srinagar kashmir

[@djamn_jsjskw]

Kashmir for kashmirs only , thank you ver much

[@ranjandhar9776]

Great!

[@kroychoudhury]

India provides subsidized provisions for 800 million people

[@anantgarg8741]

thats a matter for pride or to shame?

[@ATEditz741]

​@@anantgarg8741most of them afford but if it is free why anyone have hesitate to take 😂😂 same case in my family brother so just chill

[@reeya6722]

Lol after occupying our land using our water for your power.Irony.

[@livingbeing953]

​@@reeya6722 wtf .. ur land? .. have a glass of milk & go sleep kiddo

[@filmwood7979]

In my home too 😂​@@ATEditz741

[@NONAME-sr6tg]

I also knows that kashmiri peoples are extremely good. But the Medias and sone political parties don't want to show them and thatbplace in a good way

[@JE-in6iw]

Shut up if you are not aware of Kashmiris.

[@shinchan-pt9rn]

​​@@JE-in6iw i have frnd from kashmir from sonmarg actually he is hindu he doesn't the things whatever happened there he was not born when they left his family has to hard for their livelihood because of u ppl they are going through it just stop doing this u ppl talk about humanity it's so irony i am crying while writing this cuz i love him

[@10seclaughs89]

Good job brother

[@manaspande1737]

That is P D S, Public Distribution System. Govt gives subsidized rations to less well off people. It's pan India.

[@vita6422]

So ur back!

[@JunaidAshrafLone]

Kashmir is one of the safest and peaceful as compared to elsewhere .most welcome😅❤

[@saifbatt8031]

Love from Kashmir and Visit again nd Again you are Always welcm nd next time please stay in my homestay ❤

[@shovendubey]

12:11 that guy tried his best to explain it in English 😂.❤❤

[@sajwayy]

The sky is so blue.... Like unnaturally blue.

[@BlessKingsley]

Finally I became a fan of @mikeojay

[@t.i.m.e2994]

You should also visit rural areas ❤❤❤❤❤ with proper knowledge and good guide

[@simple.247]

Rizwan good job, it distinguished us from indians

[@imranwani9958]

Its actually a government rice flour sugar distribution centre

[@619iamawesome]

We’re not even allowed to be honest about our situation.

[@Meow-wl4oq]

Dear brother, keep the phone in ur bag and then interact with the ppl about their nationality. Let some non kashmiris cry in the comments

[@sheikhbasit2068]

Kashmir is way safer than all tourists think It's Indian govt and IND media , who showed kashmir with fear and chaos 😢

[@alexbamon627]

Long time brother I wondered why I didn't get notifications

[@mikeokay]

Back for a little while brother. Thanks for watching ❤️

[@anshusharma3038]

Next time you should must ask them about Kashmiri pandits

[@reeya6722]

There is a difference between being silenced and peaceful.

[@manishas9411]

Thanks for this video. Nasir and every Kashmiri were cute, super sweet, and nice. The Kashmiris online are a bit arrogant and not nice at all, but all the actual Kashmiris in the vlogs are, oh my god, so cute and loving. It makes me emotional. Nasir, in the end, was adorableness to the extreme.💋

[@Meow-wl4oq]

We are arrogant ❌ We are arrogant with !ndians ✅

[@TechnicalLead]

After 11 months, Long time

[@RK-no2ei]

Being a kashmiri i must say.. Its all propaganda to call Kashmir a dangerous place.. Last year 8 million tourists visited Kashmir..

[@anootoshsarkar686]

If Mike Okay, I'm okay, we're all okay 😅😅

[@mahimaahmed4069]

The man who is speaking looks like a real Kashmiri Native 💛💚🧡💚

[@panenkashir6786]

Outsiders are safe here but we kashmiris are not safe

[@vccv9785]

Think of it like this. Could you live in london peacefully when theres a militant insurgency and possible terrorism going on in parts of Ireland? Same thing with us. We live our lives and it goes on in some districts

[@The_khanfaheem]

rizwan bahi respect ++

[@Cryptobot-2024]

Indian Occupied Kashmir❤❤

[@umerbhat3874]

Due to the conflict kashmir losses trillion of dollors in tourism sector

[@sultaan1319]

Most welcome

[@neelofarbashir1083]

You have visited my area at the end ❤❤❤❤ when you entered my neighbors house

[@gulamhusenmomin4322]

Hello dear friend love you and good visit kashmir valley nice vlog

[@mikeokay]

Thank you my brother ❤️

[@minamwani4215]

I am glad that you had a good time here. Kashmir is literally called heaven on earth. This place is also a lot different than the rest of India. BTW a fun fact about Kashmir is that some people here look very similar to Europeans but they are a small percentage of the Kashmiri population. We call them 'Angrez' or 'Kachur' which means a white person of European descent. Lots of love to you. ❤❤

[@rksreepansh]

Bro,you came back after 1 year😀

[@mikeokay]

Yes 😁

[@user-hy1iu7xw1m]

My hometown dalgate❤

[@Truefact11198]

Bro come again kashmir i have my own houseboat in nigeen lake srinagar

[@thetourist9616]

Bro I'm from Delhi I spend to many time my school summer vacations and its was 2008 to 2014 I wish people visit kashmir after watching your blogs

[@anamikaverma9577]

See the education level, they speak very good English

[@Wandergirl.]

Thanks for visiting my place🎉🎉❤❤hope you enjoyed here

[@neerajsharma-ls9vk]

Kashmir is absolutely safe

[@FaizAhmed-gr4kl]

Kashmir is one of the least crime rate state in india

[@Nusaybah_14]

Because we want peace but your army don't want 😏

[@FaizAhmed-gr4kl]

@@Nusaybah_14 bro WHT r u talking about

[@Nusaybah_14]

@@FaizAhmed-gr4kl I don't think i used any tough word.....

[@huximir]

Love from Kashmir ❤️

[@huzaifbhat-zb7uv]

Don't expect people to speak Truth in world's one of the most volatile zone

[@moamenpongen8961]

Rizwan.is.kind.hearted..shareble

[@SyedTawseef786]

Love from kashmir ❤

[@explore.with.zubair]

❤

[@blueplanetheavens242]

The north remembers 🍁

[@PO-vu2em]

👌