Lessons at the Counter

A portrait of financial wisdom built through small choices, shared burdens and steady hope.

- Irshad Mushtaq

A father in Downtown Srinagar leans over a counter stacked with rice, lentils and the week's vegetables. His daughter, no taller than the sack of onions beside her, watches him calculate the final bill on his fingers. He pauses, reshuffles a few items, and folds the note back into his pocket.