In the classrooms of Kashmir, something quiet but powerful is unfolding. It doesn’t roar like protest, nor march with slogans — it breathes silently through the restless eyes of students who sit behind wooden desks, staring at blackboards that no longer inspire them to think, but to endure. The chalk dust in the air is no longer the smell of curiosity; it’s the scent of exhaustion. Every young mind is trapped in an invisible race, where success is measured not by understanding, but by the cruel arithmetic of marks.

Education was once a candle that illuminated the dark corners of ignorance. Now, it has become a business of numbers — a market where knowledge is weighed, sold, and ranked. The pursuit of truth has been replaced by the fear of losing marks. Grades are now the new gods, and chi

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