"WHEN THE ROAD TOOK OUR DAUGHTERS: The Sogam College Tragedy"

In the quiet, pine-wrapped valley of Sogam, where dreams are nurtured beneath the shadow of snow-clad peaks, a cruel silence has descended. The laughter and life of young girl students—bright minds, gentle hearts, and the future of our society—were abruptly silenced. Not by fate alone, but by a system that continues to abandon the distant in their most desperate hours.

- UMAR FAROOQ

Yesterday's tragedy at Degree College Sogam is not merely an accident. It is a searing indictment of our collective failure to bring equity to health-care, especially in our remote and border areas.

These young girls did not perish for lack of will to save them—help was sought, hope was summoned—but help was heartbreakingly far away. The journey to Srinagar took three long, agonizing hours. Hours that stole lives. Hours that exposed how geography and policy together conspire against the marginalized.