Srinagar, Oct. 22 -- Kashmir is a land that breathes paradox. Its valleys, cradled by Himalayan peaks, shimmer with a beauty that poets chase, yet its name often evokes images of barbed wire and unrest. To write of Kashmir from a factual perspective is to walk a tightrope: one misstep, and it's called propaganda; one truth too raw and its despair. But Kashmir's story isn't owned by headlines or border disputes, it belongs to its people, to the heroes who rise from Kashmir's curfewed lanes and rugged hills, carrying dreams bigger than the conflicts around them. Tajamul Islam, Afreen Hyder, Faisal Ali Dar, Parvez Rasool, Umran Malik, Abdul Samad; these aren't just names on a roster; they're the pulse of a region that refuses to be defined b...