Crisis is the truest test of leadership, and the recent terrorist attack near Pahalgam, in which 25 tourists and a local pony-man, Syed Adil Hussain Shah, were brutally killed, has put Jammu and Kashmir to that test once again.

Tourists have started trickling back to Kashmir days after the Pahalgam attack on Kashmir claimed the lives of 26 civilians last week amid mounting concerns of a dip in tourism many tourists remained optimistic for a revival of business they have voiced their confidence in the security arrangements put in place by the Jam and Kashmir police and the armed forces.