Srinagar, July 26 -- There's the Kashmir we see in pictures: green valleys, snowy peaks, and calm lakes. Then there's the Kashmir people carry inside them today, one that feels tired, broken, and lost. The two no longer match.

The story of Kashmir is too often framed through security and geopolitics. News cycles swing between discord and diplomatic statements.

But that lens misses something more personal and unsettling.

What's happening in Kashmir today isn't just a power struggle or strife. It's a slow, deep moral and emotional collapse. Beyond jobs and jibes, we are losing each other.

The numbers tell part of the story.

According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Jammu and Kashmir continues to face one of the highest une...