By Mark Levitin.
Location: Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Swampy shallow branches of Dal Lake define the lives of many Kashmiris in Srinagar. Vegetables are grown in floating gardens, aquatic plants serve as fodder for cattle and material for compost, shikharas ferry children to schools built on stilts, and in a remote corner a floating market convenes daily, attracting merchants and buyers from various tributaries as well as from the modern parts of the city.
