Kashmir Life
Living The Game
Sports like taekwondo and kick boxing make not be immensely popular in Kashmir but the sport has given Kashmir an international gold medalist. SHEIKH ...
Stolen Childhood
Thousands of children are forced to earn a livelihood for themselves and for their families and on the way sacrificing their dreams, their hope,...
A History’s Witness
K D Sethi is a dark old horse that has been a part of and an intimate witness to some of the most important...
Oldest Kashmiri Alive?
How long do you wish your loved ones to live? A hundred years? At 132 and having never taken any medicine must be a...
Indelible Impressions
From Samarkand to Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain narrates the 600-year-old journey of stylish Samovar to the snow-bound valley of Kashmir through the Silk Route.
The use...
Fields of Fortune
Kashmir is home to one of the rarest and most expensive spices in the world: Saffron. Shams Irfan walks through the historic fields of...
Weaving Magic
A special thread from Assam mounted onto the handloom along with thickened silk from Patna, the skillful hands of a Kashmiri artisan and the...
Protecting Traditional Crafts
M Shariq Farooqi
The handicraft industry in Jammu and Kashmir occupies an important place in its economy besides being a significant contributor to its foreign...
Exquisite Art, gifted hands
Over the centuries, skilled Kashmiri artisans have produced a myriad of intricate and elegant pieces of art—carved in wood. Junaid Bazaz reports on the...
The carpet industry of Kashmir
Zubair Ahmad
The Kashmir valley is well known for its arts and crafts and their importance in economic development of the State through employment generation...
Artisans to Artists
The cultural industries of Kashmir can become the harbinger of an enterprising future for commerce, says Haseeb A Drabu.
Handicraft is not any odd enterprise...
The Graceful Art of Embroidery
These can be found in posh designer stores throughout the world. The unique Crewel work by master artisans is an identity of families and...
Delicate Mastery
It’s hard to imagine that these beautifully crafted pieces of art are created from some of the simplest of raw materials. Umer Beigh reports...
Buyers are more enthusiastic
It is the fourth buyer seller meeting that the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is organizing. Tasavur Mushtaq meets KCCI president Abdul...
Retrieving The Glory
Handicrafts have been the main movers of Kashmir economy for centuries. The industry has survived through Kashmir’s troublesome history, but now might need more...
