Books, Fees, Uniforms, Transport and Arbitrary School Rules: Kashmir’s Parents Are Being Bled Dry as Authorities Issue Orders, Form Committees and Fail to Deliver Visible Relief By: Zulfikar | 03 November 2026 Srinagar: The new academic session has barely begun, and Kashmir is already hearing the familiar cries of distressed parents from every corner of the Valley. “We are being looted.” “We are being stripped alive.” “Where are the authorities?” From Srinagar to Sopore, Baramulla to Kupwara, Budgam to Pulwama and Anantnag, the complaints sound remarkably similar. Expensive textbooks, changing…
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