Knock on wood: Bashir Dijoo, who has transformed wood into art for 40 years, creates a carving at his shop, Dijoo Arts Emporium, on Dal Lake in Srinagar on
Oct. 16. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir and came to the brink of a third in 2002. Although trade across the Line of Control—which without restrictions has the potential to reach $6 billion annually—could improve relations, no one’s out of the woods just yet.