Many devotees fondly remember the days when the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra was traditionally managed by the Kashmiri Pandit community. They recall the Holy Ice Shivling often being majestic in size and lasting well beyond the conclusion of the annual pilgrimage.
#ShriAmarnathJiYatra
It's a matter of great pride for me in particular and all #Jammu and J&K in general that our dear @PranayRajput7 of Gurha Slathia, has qualified for Indian Forest Services (IFoS) with an AIR of 15.
He's presently serving as an AO to Surinsar Mansar Development Authority.
An Urgent Message to Students, Parents, and Educators: Let Children Dream Beyond One Career
Every day I come across advertisements like this one, encouraging very young children to begin “UPSC coaching” from school. I understand the intention may be good, and civil services is indeed a meaningful career. But somewhere, we seem to be losing sight of an important truth: civil services is just one of hundreds of career pathways, not a destiny, not a personality type, and certainly not a childhood mould.
The world our children are growing up in is changing at a pace never seen before. With rapid advances in technology, AI, climate science, biotechnology, creative industries, and global entrepreneurship, many of the jobs that today’s students are preparing for will not even exist five years from now, and new opportunities will emerge that we can’t yet imagine.
Across the world, education systems are trying to move away from rote preparation and narrow definitions of “success.” Countries are investing in problem-solving skills, emotional intelligence, digital literacy, creativity, research abilities, environmental awareness, and global citizenship. These are the skills that will make children adaptable, capable, and future-ready, no matter which career they eventually choose.
When we push children too early into a single competitive exam mindset, we unintentionally limit their curiosity and narrow their sense of possibility. Instead of imagining themselves as scientists, artists, social innovators, entrepreneurs, climate leaders, designers, coders, researchers, or creators, they begin to believe there is only one prestigious path.
Our role as parents and educators should be to open doors, not close them. To help children explore, discover, and dream freely, not to tie their future to a single exam before they even understand who they are.
Civil services may be a noble career. But so are hundreds of others. Let us prepare children for the world of tomorrow, not confine them to the aspirations of yesterday.
Let’s give them wings, not walls.
#SaluteTheMartyrs#MartyrdombyJKPBravehearts
This day:
In 2023 Kirti Chakra awardee DySP Humayun Muzamil Bhat of Humhama Budgam;
In 1995 SI Abdul Khaliq of Handwara;
In 2010 Ct Davinder Singh of Baramulla;
In 2016 Ct Rouf Ahmad of Srinagar;
And in 2003 SPO Mohan Singh of Doda gave the supreme sacrifice of their lives in the line of duty this day.
Jammu and Kashmir Police Pariwar remembers their martyrdom and pays heartfelt homage to them.##JaiHind