Jammu, Dec. 13 -- In a moment that carried the weight of decades of unshed tears, 39 families who lost their loved ones to terrorism finally received a measure of justice on Saturday. As Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha handed over appointment letters at Lok Bhavan, the air was thick with emotions that had been suppressed for far too long.
These were not just administrative documents being distributed. Each letter represented a family torn apart by senseless violence, children who grew up without knowing a parent's embrace, and households that never recovered from the trauma of losing their pillars of support.
Pakeeza Riyaz has lived 25 years with the memory of her father's murder. She was just a child in 1999 when terrorists took Riyaz Ah...