I was returning to Kashmir after more than 30 years. I'd been invited to lecture at IIT Jammu on 'How to Turn Your Love for Cinema Into a Career'. IIT Jammu is just a few years old, and still a work in progress. My lecture, coordinated by Quleen Kaur Bijral, was part of the Foundation Programme, a brilliant welcome-cum-anti-ragging programme for freshers from all over India, and got an enthusiastic response. After a few wonderful days in Jammu, I travelled north to the Valley.