Srinagar, Aug. 10 -- It was around 10 p.m. I was preparing to retire for the night when my phone rang. A friend informed me that I had to attend a meeting the next morning with the Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Indu Kanwal Chib (JKAS), at the Knowledge Centre. A few minutes later, the Deputy Chief Education Officer, G.M. Puju, conveyed the same message. The subject was solid waste segregation. At around 8:15 a.m., I started for the DC Office and reached the Knowledge Centre by 9:15. At exactly 9:30, the Deputy Commissioner walked in. I had expected a routine official meeting. What followed, however, was much more than an administrative discussion.It was a conversation about a vision.As the Deputy Commissioner spoke, it became clear that...