Srinagar, May 21 -- Zaffar hated addiction. He'd seen it rot lives from the inside. He swore it would never touch his home. Perhaps that's why he built a life on discipline, love, and clean living in a city corner. But some battles begin where you least expect them, within your own walls.

Zaffar married Zarina with deep love and hope. They had children, and tried to raise them with care and values. But love, as he would learn, is sometimes not enough to protect a family from what hides in plain sight.

Before they were married, Zarina had picked up a habit that, to her, didn't seem dangerous at the time.

In her childhood home, chewing tobacco was as common as a cup of tea. No one questioned it. It passed from one generation to the next ...