Jammu And Kashmir, 1987. In\n the hilly village of Pathri Aali, where legends appear true, Aslam and\n Ashwar, two young lovers, dream of marriage and of good things of life. But\n that is not to be. Unable to cope, Aslam leaves Pathri Aali forever. Years\n later, as men migrate to Saudi Arabia for employment, Pathri Aali is\n populated mostly by women and children. Soon they realize the Mujahideen, who\n guise themselves as their liberators, are the worst perpetrators, and misery\n seems inescapable. Ashwar refuses to be cowed down by this reign of terror\n and is determined not to let it devastate the once-peaceful village. The only\n one she can bank on is Aslam—and she calls out to him across the distance of\n time and space, to return and live up to the legends of their village. Snakes\n in the Meadows is a saga of the onset of militancy, and the suffering and the\n resilience of Pir Panjal—the ‘And’ of Jammu And Kashmir.