SRINAGAR -- Every time a gunfight starts between armed rebels and Indian forces in Kashmir, Qisar Mir, 22, a photojournalist from the town of Pulwama, quickly slings a camera across his shoulder, mounts his motorbike and speeds off.
Mir makes a living taking video and photos of such skirmishes -- mortar shells, corpses, burning houses. If the visuals do not make it to his editors on time -- he competes with some of India's powerful and access-driven wire news agencies -- Mir loses out on a payday.
