Once upon a time, in the beautiful valley of Srinagar, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, was born a boy named Farooq Abdullah. His birth on the 21st of October, 1937, marked the beginning of a journey that would intertwine deeply with the fate of Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq was no ordinary child; he was the son of Sheikh Abdullah, a man revered as the first elected Chief Minister of the region.As a young boy, Farooq's life was a blend of...