No longer boxed in: The opening of the trade route between Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and Muzaffarabad, on the Pakistani side, is expected to boost revenues for Jammu and Kashmir’s handicrafts industry, which is the state’s highest earner of foreign currency with $300 million worth of art exported each year. Top, Mohammed Akbar pounds scrap paper into pulp for papier-mâché handicrafts at a workshop in Srinagar on Oct. 17. Papier-mâché is a distinctive art form of Kashmir, and sturdy, delicately painted, varnish-coated boxes made from scrap paper, such as the one at bottom, can range in size from pillboxes to jewelry boxes to small chests.