The Ramzan Economy
Less working hours, compromised production, a surge in consumption and a visible impact on earnings during the Muslim month of fasting do not prevent...
Kashmir’s Thriving Thrift Market
While the Sunday Market continues to be the only address for comfortable and budget shopping, it is not only getting popular with tourists alone....
Seasonal Businesses
With distinct four seasons dictating a dress shift and a food choice, part of Kashmir’s business shifts with the seasons reports Syed Shadab Ali...
An Exceptional Trader
Abdul Hameed Wani, who owns and runs Kashmir’s only private apple mandi deep in south Kashmir is a self-made businessman, whose trade is dictated...
Bilquis In Business
Her father gifted her a piece of orchard on the roadside and sought a promise that she would utilize it for a sustainable activity....
Fading Time
In bustling Srinagar, Aiman Fayaz meets a watchmaker who is unwilling to give up even though digital watches have already taken over the sector.
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Desolate Markets
Markets across Kashmir used to be teeming with activity in the days ahead of Eid, a situation that is missing yet again. Syed Shadab...
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...
Golden Card’s Silver Lining
With almost 90 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir's population covered under cashless health insurance, the Ayushman Bharat scheme and almost Rs 1000 crore...
Kashmir’s Twentieth-Century Bazaars
Between the elite markets of SR Gunj, Mahraj Bazar and the Bund, the twentieth-century witnessed the rise of hundreds of Khatri traders and a...
Mushrooming A Culture
A mechanical engineer has started implementing an ambitious plan to address Kashmir's pre-harvest and post-harvest concerns so that mushroom cultivation takes off as a...
Driving Nuts
Water chestnuts harvested from Wullar lake have helped Kashmir survive the worst days in the last 250 years. Considered the best food for diabetics,...
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...
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...
Kashmir’s Milk Belt
Abundant with nutrient-rich fodder and not far away from Srinagar, the major Kashmir market, a cluster of villages in Pulwama have emerged as key...
