2025: Kashmir’s Silent Eid
As Eid-ul-Azha nears, Kashmir’s festive spirit is dimmed by economic hardship, subdued markets, and a steep decline in consumer spending. From silent sacrificial stalls...
Kashmir’s Summer of Silence
Rallying on the high of 2024’s sentiment, Kashmir’s tourist season opened strong in early 2025, with optimism in the air and record footfall on...
Tourism’s Fragile Lifeline
After the brutal attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir’s tourism sector plunges into crisis. With the hope of a healthy tourist season dashed, survival seems to...
Pahalgam Attack: A Tourist Exodus
At the peak of an impressive tourist season, a massacre at Baisarn led to a mass exodus of the visitors, forcing authorities to deploy...
Kashmir’s Digital Eid Shopping
As Kashmir’s marketplace shifts online, local entrepreneurs are embracing digital platforms to sustain and expand their businesses, and social media-driven enterprises are redefining commerce...
Kashmir: An ‘Inebriated’ Debate?
Moments after submitting draft private bills for the upcoming budget session, lawmakers posted texts online and triggered a public debate. Will these papers manage...
Kashmir’s Gold Gloom
Kashmir’s gold market is in turmoil as prices surge to record highs, straining affordability for buyers and traders alike. People are now hunting for...
A ‘Cashless’ Kashmir
With the financial sector using a basket of applications for transactions and the government preferring digital transfer of funds, Jammu and Kashmir has become...
IndiGo Airline Posts Rs 986 Crore Loss in September Quarter
NEW DELHI: The country's largest airline IndiGo on Friday reported a net loss of Rs 986.7 crore in the three months ended September, impacted...
Kashmir New Silver Lining
After surviving for centuries as the precious metal in Kashmir, silver did a fading act as the affordability improved with economic progress and gold...
Sacrificed Eid Market
On the eve of Eid 2024, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani and Babra Wani visited the key Srinagar markets and found them deserted. While the...
The Road Less Travelled
In Kashmîr, some brave men and women give up their jobs with disposable incomes and get into sustainable entrepreneurial activities. Babra Wani explores tales...
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...
