When World War 3 was about to happen
Life at Lovely Professional University felt very different at the start of May 2025. The usual noise of classes and laughter in the university corridors turned tense. News of escalating tensions between India and Pakistan showed up on our phones every few minutes. Political issues that had previously seemed far away now felt sensitive, almost personal. On campus, everyone was talking about the soldiers, the border, and potential future occurrences. As someone from Udhampur, a district in Jammu and Kashmir not far from the border, the situation hit me harder. This situation was more difficult on me as I am a resident of Udhampur, a district in Jammu and Kashmir, which is not very far away on the border. My phone continued to buzz with messages at home, my parents telling me to remain calm, friends updating me on troop movements and security restrictions. Each beat of my phone had sent a shudder through my heart. I was attempting to study, and yet I was thinking of the walks I had kn...