Srinagar, Nov. 28 -- Radicalisation is not a storm that announces itself with thunder; it is an invisible force that creeps into the lives of the young, distorting dreams, dismantling families and leaving behind a trail of devastation that no society can afford. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's recent call to the youth to take a stand against radicalisation is not just a political statement rather it is a moral appeal, a reminder that the future of Kashmir and the nation rests on the choices of its young lot. For too long, radicalisation has been allowed to masquerade as resistance, as identity, as purpose. In reality, it has yielded nothing except lives lost, families shattered and communities trapped in cycles of grief.

The tragedy is...