Every summer, when board exam results are announced, thousands of homes across Kashmir are filled with nervous energy. Some families celebrate; others quietly console. Tragically, a teenage girl from the Odura Nillow area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district was found dead, shortly after she learnt that she hadn’t cleared the Class 12 exams whose results were declared by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Wednesday. The death is believed to be suicide, driven by her inability to bear the weight of her disappointment and her family’s........

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