The 2003 ceasefire changed all that. But the bliss is over, for now.
After Pakistan accused India of killing a soldier Jan 6, two Indian soldiers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistani raiders beheaded one and took away his head, and mutilated the other soldier's body.
Since then, Pakistan says it has lost two more soldiers to Indian firing.
Many of the villages -- also called hamlets because of their size -- are located close to the border, so close that one can see movements of troops and people across the LoC.
Each hamlet is home to 150 to 200 people, dominantly Sunni Muslims. The Indian Army posts are not far away.
