A woman searches for her prayer beads, unable to remember where she kept them. A man struggles to recall the names of the grandchildren who sit right beside him. Families smile gently, telling themselves it’s just “old age.” But much later, it turns out that this is dementia.

In Jammu and Kashmir, more and more families are watching loved ones lose their memory. Right now, 9.4 percent people here are above 60. In just a few years, that number will rise sharply, and........

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