Srinagar, April 14 -- The celebration of Baisakhi in Kashmir is more than a religious observance-it is a quiet yet powerful affirmation of identity, resilience, and unwavering roots. For the Sikh community in the Valley, Baisakhi is not only the harvest festival or the commemoration of the founding of the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1699; it is also a reaffirmation of their deep bond with the land, a land they refused to abandon even when it was consumed by fear and violence during the 1990s. When the armed insurgency, backed and supported by Pakistan, broke out in the early 1990s, it unleashed a wave of terror and uncertainty across the Kashmir Valley. The Kashmiri Pandits, a vital part of our pluralistic fabric, were tragically dr...