One Rice Bag—and the Weight of Kashmir’s Forgotten Workers

One Rice Bag—and the Weight of Kashmir’s Forgotten Workers

This is an AI generated image. Photo used for representational purposes only By Syed Mudasir Mushtaq I’ll never forget the day I carried a single bag of rice from my car to my house. It was just one bag, but its weight pressed hard on my shoulders.  I’m no stranger to the world of labour. I work with the Department of Food and Civil Supplies, where I see workers handle thousands of quintals of grain with nothing but their hands and grit.  But th…