A long drive: In addition to the recent unrest, there’s another reason not to get too optimistic about the opened trade route. In 2005, with much fanfare, India and Pakistan inaugurated a “peace bus” service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, as modeled by this miniature. Since then, the service seems to have run out of gas: Only 9,000 passengers have taken advantage of it due to a bewildering bureaucracy of security checks and paperwork. Will the recently opened trade route meet a similar fate? For Kashmir’s artisans and traders, it’s an uncertain road ahead.