Disturbingly Disempowering
After dithering for eight years, J&K government finally came out with a revised policy for developing new power projects. The changes are a mixed...
Brands don’t Matter
Brand consciousness may be on the increase in Kashmir but when it comes to car fuels people still prefer the normal ones over the...
Tailor Made For Women
Many boutiques run by women have come up in Srinagar. The business gives them the flexibility to be their own bosses and earn a...
No respite
The government has refused to pay compensation to artisans affected by the ban on fur trade saying they don’t know who the ‘real’ fur...
The bus stops here
A court ordered phase-out of busses and loss making operations are pushing busses out of the valley with the bus fleet shrinking to less...
Guide to earn
A heavy influx of tourists is attracting many to work as tourist guides, fetching them a decent livelihood. Nazir Ahmad Rather reports
Kazipora is a...
Living in a cocoon
The silk industry in Kashmir is in doldrums today, thanks in part to the bifurcation of the sericulture development department in 1972. For the...
Banking on Kashmir: 2011
Apart from employing around 20 thousand people directly, the banks operating in J&K are the backbone of state’s surging consumer market. Their performance in...
Opening Up Vistas
History suggests that Kashmiri Shawls were sent as tribute to ancient Assyria. Alexander’s women and warriors carried them from Punjab to Babylon and Macedonia. Syed...
Chiseled to perfection
Even though the beating looks haphazard it is important in this job, the more the beating the better the work. Syed Asma reports.
This is how...
Spent and safe
Kashmir is a large market for meat and poultry, even the spent hen find buyers here. Abdul Mohamin reports.With the highest per capita meat...
Exotic Delights
Many exotic fruits are being grown in Kashmir adding variety to Kashmir’s fruit basket. Syed Asma reports on some of the ‘new fruits which...
Chickening out
Even with a readily available market, poultry farmers sometimes suffer losses due to frequently fluctuating rates as the market here is controlled by deep-pocketed...
Speed-breakers not allowed
Water skiing, surfing and adventure sports are gaining popularity and with the tourist inflow expected to rise, the business is in for some sunny...
MESS OF A TRADE
Ten months after Prime Minister Singh promised to make trans-LoC trade ‘more viable and hassle-free’, President Zardari termed it a ‘pioneering CBM’ on Kashmir....
