Srinagar, Dec. 8 -- The government's decision to make passport verification records accessible through DigiLocker is not a routine administrative adjustment-it is a transformative leap toward dignity, efficiency, and empowerment in public life. For decades, the passport process has been synonymous with delays, opaque procedures, and endless queues. Citizens have been forced to navigate a maze of police stations, clerical desks, and bureaucratic indifference, often losing precious opportunities to study, work, or travel because a single verification record was missing or misplaced. In regions like the Valley, where geography, conflict and fragile infrastructure compound the challenge, the ordeal of securing verification has been nothing sh...