Should Systemic Failure, Not Lack of Ambition, Blame JK’s Youth Crisis?

Born Into UncertaintyTo grasp the motivation crisis affecting the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, you must first understand what “normal” has meant for them. Jammu and Kashmir has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in India, double the national average. The Mental HealthWhat rarely gets discussed openly, yet cannot be ignored, is the mental health crisis quietly unfolding among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. A young person with unaddressed trauma does not lack ambition by nature, they lack the mental safety to pursue it. The lack of motivation among Jammu and Kashmir’s youth is not a character flaw.