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In a dimly lit room, Sarfaraz Ahmad sits with a notepad in his hands, making a list of things needed for his sisters wedding. He slowly turns the pages. With each page, his expression grows heavier. What began as a simple list has, over three years, turned into a reminder of expenses he can barely afford. It has been three years since I started writing this list. Every time I look at it, there is something new to add. But my pockets are still empty. Whatever we earn from our apple orchard goes i

Srinagar, October 2, 2026: The 11th branch of the Aljawad Academy of Martial Arts was inaugurated at Khumani Chowk near Bemina Bridge in Srinagar on Friday, with the event featuring martial arts demonstrations by trained participants, including youth from different educational institutions. The inauguration, held on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, was attended by Khwaja Farooq Renzushah, Chief Commissioner of JK Scouts and Hindustan Scouts, along with Dr Iqbal, Director of the Institute of Skill

Two children four years apart looks, at first, like two straightforward education goals with a comfortable gap between them. In practice the gap is exactly the wrong length: long enough that you can't treat the costs as one event, but too short to fund one child fully before the others begin. That awkward spacing makes planning for two children more than doing the sum twice. The costs don't arrive neatly one after the other; they stagger, and at certain points they overlap. Funding them well me