Srinagar, Sept. 24 -- Along the high-altitude contours of the Kashmir Valley, the permanence of statecraft is measured not solely by the calibration of deterrence or the tactical geometry of fortified ridgelines, but by the quiet, daily intimacy shared between the soldier and the citizen, the Jawaan and the Awaam. In these borderlands, where geography enforces isolation and external forces relentlessly seek to exploit vulnerability through proxy warfare, the Indian Army under the Chinar Corps has long transcended the narrow confines of a conventional security garrison. Here, the local company commander and his troops are far more than the sentinels guarding the zero line against aggression from across the border. To the villagers nestled ...