Srinagar, Dec. 17 -- Kashmir governance has long wrestled with a basic question: how do you take people with you while planning development and reforming institutions?Kashmir travel guide

Roads, hospitals, and universities can be built through official orders. Trust cannot. For governance to feel honest and meaningful, the state and society must move together, on the same page.

That kind of alignment does not come from announcements alone. It comes from listening.

Over time, officials began to see that without open communication, the gap between intention and impact only widened. Good plans stayed on paper. People's daily problems remained unseen. This is where feedback started to matter. It became a bridge between the government and t...