While conflict raged between the powerful militaries of India and Pakistan, a battle was also fought on the cultural front lines despite years of shared love for films and music. The deadly fighting in early May -- the worst in decades -- affected artists previously untouched by animosity between their leaders. Pakistani singer Annural Khalid remembers how her Indian following dropped offf. "Delhi was my top listening city before the ban," she tells AFP. "Listeners were deprived of content because music was turned into something it is not." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES