Srinagar, April 17 -- At Qadri Haq Medicate, the man behind the counter, Sheikh Tassaduk Amin, knows most of his customers by name. He knows which ones are battling cancer, whose dialysis is due next week, and who's struggling to pay for their monthly prescriptions. Every customer gets an 18 percent discount - no paperwork, no proof of poverty. "It's simple," he says. "People are sick. They need help. We do what we can."

But this shop isn't just about discounts. It's the next chapter in a story that began nearly a decade ago - when Tassaduk, now in his thirties, saw his own father wrestle with liver disease. The struggle to manage medications, the endless waiting in hospital lines - it stayed with him. His father survived. The experience...