Srinagar, Sept. 1 -- Every Kashmiri family knows someone from that generation. A cousin who never came back from across the Line of Control. A classmate who put down his books, picked up a rifle, and disappeared into the haze of militancy. In the 1990s, Yasin Malik and the JKLF gave those boys a cause that looked like honour but turned out to be a dead end. The Cult of the Gun Malik was young, fiery, and persuasive. He had the defiance of a street fighter and the swagger of a man convinced history was on his side. In crowded mohallas and on college steps, his words carried weight. He told teenagers they could achieve freedom faster with a gun than with a degree. For a boy restless with anger, that message was intoxicating.The result? A wa...