Srinagar, July 16 -- On July 15, the world remember Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the Russian playwright and short-story master whose literary genius reshaped the contours of modern fiction. Born in 1860 and passing away prematurely at the age of 44 in 1904, Chekhov's influence has only deepened with time. More than a century later, his stories and plays remain poignant mirrors of the human condition-subtle, compassionate, and brutally honest. Chekhov lived in a Russia undergoing massive socio-political change, yet his works refrained from overt commentary or ideological posturing. Instead, he zoomed in on the inner lives of ordinary people-doctors, teachers, peasants, clerks, lovers-rendering their hopes, failures, and contradictions with a r...