A Model Grower
Leaving his 16 years of service to start a second career, the erstwhile cop emerged as the model grower after experimenting with honey, cut-flowers...
The Kashmir Morels
Like carpets that Kashmir weaves but ill-affords for itself, the valley produces more than 25 tons of costly morels that sell at a cost...
A Game Changer
As India and Pakistan were fighting over Kargil heights, a south Kashmir boy takes off for US to study. Nine years later, Khuram Mir...
‘Meat’ My Rabbits
For twenty years they literally lived under the shadow of guns. Since its demiltrilisation, rabbit farm in Pattan is now back in business. Shakir...
Road Disruptions
For two days, Kashmir was restive over the inordinate delay in the passage of apple-laden truck convoys on the ailing old highway. While the...
The Black Sheep
Kashmir produces seven million kg of wool a year but lacks the capacity to process even one per cent of it. Sold at throwaway...
The Forbidden Fruit
With orchards as deserts as Srinagar streets, Kashmir’s apple cart may upset the economy, reports Umar Mukhtar
Every morning, Ali Mohammad, an apple grower in...
38-Year-Old Collapses While Playing Volleyball, Dies Of Cardiac Arrest
SRINAGAR: A 38-year-old man died of a cardiac arrest while playing a volleyball match at Naidkhai village of Sonawari in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district...
Orchard Massacres
The Forest Department issued notices to all the ‘encroachers’ everywhere. But a patch on Budgam-Pulwama border was the only place across Jammu and Kashmir...
Flowering business
Many people are taking up floriculture as business and some are doing well, though a lot needs to be done to improve the trade...
Legacy Lasts
For decades Babademb’s walnut factory has helped many destitute and needy women to survive the onslaught of circumstances and society. Syed Asma takes a...
Royal Nuts
For five weeks every fall, Sweet Chestnuts sell roasted on the Srinagar city streets at a cost not matched by any other fruit. Humaira...
A FOR APPLE
With Rs 2500 crore plus turnover, the Apple cart is the main mover and shaker of Kashmir’s countryside economy. Marketing the produce was a...
Spewing Black
Quick cash was the key factor for hundreds of farmers in Budgam to lease their lands to brick kiln owners. Decades later, they have...
High Density, High Hopes
For the first time in many years, Kashmir is expected to consume a record number of high-density plants this fall. The driving force is...
