Around noon on April 22, the peaceful meadows of Baisaran, which look out over Pahalgam in South Kashmir, were suddenly shaken by violence.

The day began with sunlight spreading gold across the slopes, the valley breathing in its summer rhythm .

By early afternoon, peace was torn. Gunshots ripped through the green silence as gunmen opened fire on families strolling among the wild grasses.

Families walked through the wild grasses. Children fell, and so did mothers and fathers. Twenty-six lives were lost, counted again and again, as if the number could not be real. The attack left the valley exposed, its grief sharp and real, not just a headline but a deep wound

By the time the stretchers arrived at our hospital, about 47 kilometres away, every ward already knew what had happened. Nurs

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