society

The New Economy of Despair Drugs, Easy Money, and the Fragmentation of Kashmiri Youth

By Suhail Bhat

Mon Jun 08 2026

The contemporary Kashmiri social landscape is increasingly being shaped by two parallel and deeply contradictory realities. On one side stands a visibly aspirational generation attempting to reposition itself through education, entrepreneurship, digital culture, tourism, technology, competitive examinations, and new forms of professional mobility