Srinagar, July 16 -- Human beings are often judged by the choices they make, but rarely by the circumstances that force them to make those choices. Society has a tendency to believe that every individual is the architect of their own destiny, that every success is a result of determination and every failure a consequence of personal shortcomings. However, life is far more complex than this simple equation. There comes a moment in many people's lives when decisions are no longer guided by passion, ambition, or dreams. They are guided by necessity. A person accepts what they once promised themselves they would never do-not because their dreams disappeared, but because circumstances became too heavy to carry.

No child grows up dreaming of a...