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...
Bloody Harvest
Unlike all other unrests that Kashmir witnessed since 1990, apple somehow escaped the crisis. In the wake of the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s...
A Crisis, An Opportunity
Losses to Kashmir apple orchards can be assessed properly only after the government’s final survey is over. Amid mass mourning over the recent calamity,...
Making Apple Rot
As the scab invaded Kashmir’s apple orchards, more than two-thirds of the crop is unworthy of the market. This fruit could easily be diverted...
Kashmir Gems
The costliest and most fascinating Sapphire from Padder Mountains continues to remain unmatched across the globe. Though the mining is halted for more than...
A vanishing aroma
Abdul Aziz Kozgar inherited the craft of making rosewater manually, but is unlikely to pass it on to the next generation. Shazia Yousuf talks...
An Egg Story
Ever wondered what kind of eggs we eat in Kashmir? A poultry specialist's quest to find out the same led to creation of a...
The Reasi Lithium
The Geographical Survey of India (GSI) revelations that Reasi hills hold vast treasures of rare and expensive lithium have triggered hopes of a better...
Pashmina In Crisis
The vast cold desert where China and India are involved in a stand-off since May 2020, is home to the most of Changthang goatherds...
The Common Factor
They have different roles and status, and ideologies too. But all the three have one thing in common, asking community to contribute for rainy...
Apple On Mughal Road
For nearly half of the month, south Kashmir Shopian is under curfew after five killings. Government ordered the CRPF garrison to move out but...
An ITI Fall
The revolution in the Information Technology was key to the fall of two major central government PSUs, the HMT and the ITI in Srinagar....
Tourists Return?
After 18 months of hiatus, the tourist footfalls have started surging in Kashmir. Insiders in the hospitality sector believe that if Gulmarg crowds are...
Overcoming barriers
As the confrontation between the government and its employees slumps trade and makes people suffer, Kashmir Life analyses whether a solution to the crisis...
Where Have All The Jobs Gone?
Unionists have attributed militancy and unrest to the massive unemployment in J&K. Creating more jobs continues to be the thrust area in the government...
