Army dedicates initiative to Colonel Santosh Mahadik, a Shaurya Chakra recipient who was killed in Kashmir in 2015. His mother will inaugurate the project on 14 April.
The students will pursue university education under Northern Command’s scholarship scheme, launched last year. Out of 7,500 who applied this year, more than 6,000 are from Kashmir.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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