Jammu, Sept. 13 -- A month has passed since the devastating cloudburst tore through Choshiti village in Kishtwar district, but for Krishna Devi of Jammu, time has stood still. Her eyes remain fixed on the horizon, as if willing her missing son, daughter-in-law, and grandson to return. Clutching a faded photograph of the smiling trio-her only son Sahil Sharma, his wife Lovely, and their three-year-old child Raghav-she refuses to let go of hope.
The family from Digiana in Jammu city had embarked on a pilgrimage to Machail Mata, unaware that the journey meant to strengthen their spirit would instead shatter their world. On August 14, a sudden cloudburst struck, sweeping away homes, dreams, and lives in its merciless path. Since then, Sahil, 3...