Amid Bullets and Bombs, Digital Industry Takes Tentative Root in Kashmir (VoA News)

Magnum Software Services, Kashmir's pioneering information technology venture, is a 300+ person company trying to take advantage of the boom in back-office services.

They have a lot of challenges that companies outside Kashmir don't face - clearances for broadband needs to come from the central government, for e.g. But they are doing very well and hope to be an example for other companies.

Magnum and other similar ventures will help reduce the chronic unemployment faced by young Kashmiris which will help in reducing the strife.