Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- Every autumn in Kashmir, as walnut season approaches, we witnesses a grim repetition of tragedies. The death of a man from Tral, who succumbed at SMHS Hospital in Srinagar after falling from a walnut tree on September 16, is not an isolated case but part of an annual pattern of preventable fatalities which tear apart families who lose their sons and fathers. Yet, once the mourning ends, another such incident happens in another part of Kashmir with startling regularity. Walnut trees grow tall and rugged, often reaching heights of 50 to 80 feet. Traditionally, harvesting is done by climbing these towering trees and violently shaking the branches so that the nuts fall to the ground. In this, the danger is obvious. One w...