Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz searches for a favorite cassette tape at his tailor shop in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Self-taught tape recorder mechanic Mohammad Ashraf Matoo repairs a tape recorder at his shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Photographs of Sufi saint Mohammad Rajab Shaksaz, left, and the late Sufi singer Ghulam Ahmad Sofi, center, along with a collection of his cassettes with his songs, are displayed inside a tailor shop owned by Farooq Ahmad Shaksaz in outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, right, along with his wife Mymoona Manzoor, embroiders Kashmiri shawls as her niece Aksa, left, looks on while they listen to Kashmiri Sofi music on a tape recorder inside their house in Yarigund village southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Abdul Hamid Khan listens to Kashmiri Sufi music on a tape recorder in his room in downtown Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A stack of refurbished tape recorders for sale are seen in a shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A tape recorder is covered to protect it from dust in a house in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Old and damaged cassette tapes are stacked on a shelf at self-taught mechanic Mohammad Ashraf Matoos workshop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Old cassette tapes from Sufi music gatherings are stacked inside suitcases at a house in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Kashmiri men listen as Sufi singers perform during a musical gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz listens to his favorite Sufi singer as he works at his tailor shop in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Self-taught tape recorder mechanic Mohammad Ashraf Matoo is seen through a glass window as he repairs a tape recorder at his shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Old cassette tapes are stacked on shelves at Mohammad Ashraf Matoos cassette tape player repair shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Mohammad Ashraf Matoo repairs a tape recorder inside his shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Old cassette tapes are arranged for a photograph inside a house in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Kashmiri men listen Sufi songs on a tape recorder during a Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A Kashmiri man checks his tape recorder before the start of the Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Kashmiri musician plays the sarangi during a Sufi music gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Kashmiri men listen Sufi songs on a tape recorder during a Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz searches for a favorite cassette tape at his tailor shop in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
