New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- In the city of Ganderbal in Kashmir two friends found their rhythm on a football field. Zainab, 11, and Mahira, 12, may have started playing for different reasons - one out of curiosity, the other out of a love for the game - but today they move together, bound by a sport that has quietly reshaped their lives. They are part of Comrade FC, a young girls' football team whose name reflects what it has given them: comradeship and a future to imagine together. Mahira began playing at six, often telling her family she wanted to score goals like Neymar. Zainab picked it up, when a kickabout in second grade turned into something she could not give up. Now, football is no longer just recreation, it has become a pathway. Comrad...