Smoked Lives!
A small community living on city outskirts are fighting odds to keep alive Kashmir’s dying delicacy Phari or smoked fish. With local water-bodies polluted...
Card Houses and Sand
It was an economic activity limited to fishermen before construction boom set in Kashmir paving way for sand mafia to take over. With huge...
Village OK!
Many belts across Kashmir thrive on Kangri making for a living. While most of the artisans are dispersed in clusters, there is a village...
No More a Flea Market!
It might have started as an alternative place to shop for lower middle class families of Kashmir but Srinagar’s Sunday Market has, over the...
Naya Cashmere Designs
Two and half decades of conflict inspired many youngsters to take art as a medium of expression. Two youngsters from Srinagar are redefining traditional...
Aiming Big
An engineer turned businessman, Mohammed Shahid Dar is on a journey to make a significant change in the education sector in Kashmir. He aspires...
Apple Woes
Kashmiri apple constitute 77 percent of total apple produce in India, there by contributing considerably to the state’s economy. As the major apple produce...
Producing, But Not Selling
While Kashmiri almond growers fail to market their produce for want of knowledge and government support, Jammu despite not producing even a single almond...
A Fruitful Bonding
A new lot of young entrepreneurs are investing huge money in Controlled Atmosphere Storageunits to help growers keep their produce safe. Syed Asma reports...
7D Entertainer
Started with an intention to review the valley’s defunct theatre culture, an engineer turned businessman Sheikh Raashid is attracting crowds to Kashmir’s first 7D...
Global Outlook Local Solutions
A group of like-minded men came together to start a software company with an aim to educate youth in the IT sector. Saima Bhat...
Costly Affair
Development of Narbal – Tangmarg road has led to escalation in the land prices as the area is receiving huge investments in tourist related...
Trading Nightmares
Recent onion crisis briefly brought LoC trade back into focus when truckloads of onions reached Kashmir markets and eased soaring prices. But ban and...
THE SCARLET PLUM
As plum season coincided with the holy month of Ramadan this year, the soft, sweet and sour fruit is fading fast from the shelves....
Mission Commercialised
Running from government leased land, ‘charitable mission’ schools in Srinagar charge huge amount from students in the name of education. Syed Asma reports the...
