In Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, an elderly pandit is a treasured healer for commoners seeking ‘koshur ilaj’ for their burn injuries and chilblains. But beyond his ‘dast-e-shafa’, the non-migrant pandit is a symbol of Kashmir’s syncretic past. In his poorly-lit room, Pandit Jagarnath Koul is examining the burn-scar on his patient’s hand very keenly. The…