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Entrepreneurship

Off late, Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the major player in helping young men and women to have their own ventures and start-ups. This section features the most successful players who have evolved into role models in a state that has a comparatively higher unemployment rate.

The Apple Chip

Flying around to explore the possibility of setting up a business in the third world, an American agriculture graduate landed in Kashmir, a place...

Model in Mountains

At seven his father became part of Kashmir’s surging collateral damage and at 14 he was formally admitted to an orphanage. Nine years later,...

Unpolished Hope

Before it could have taken off Kashmir’s marble hub Batergam was turned into a garrison. A decade later when troops left, industrialists were taken...

Plastic Millionaires

The ever-increasing consumption is massively throwing heaps of plastic, iron and paper packaging almost everywhere in urban and peripheral Kashmir. It is a huge...

Inhospitable, No More

Gone are the days when Dak Bungalow was the only address for travellers in Kargil. Over the years, hospitality sector is booming and the...

Stone Artist

Carving objects out of stone is nothing new to Kashmir, but when the creativity of a stone carver moves beyond conventionalized norms, then it...

American Wazwaan

A Kashmir born woman settled in California has established an authentic Kashmir cuisine kitchen that home delivers mouth-watering dishes and a variety of fusion...

Lending, But Not Banks

As banks are in the race of deposits and advances, there are two government institutions scripting new successes with negligible default, reports Riyaz Ul...

Dominating From Hills

A young man, who fought poverty to study management, finally chased his dream and created an exclusive manufacturing facility in a non-industrial space near...

The Money Plants

At the peak of militancy, Zakir Hussain Qadri would sell home appliances door to door in Punjab.  As things improved, he returned and struggled...

Wazwaan @ Doorstep

Now Kashmiri Wazwaan is just a click away. After they quit their less paying jobs, two brothers decided to tickle people’s taste buds by...

Lifting Homes

What will you do if your house sinks in? Is it possible to lift it up? Inspired by a television series young entrepreneur starts...

Reinventing Baking

She started with baking cakes for friends and relatives to satisfy her creative yearnings. A home science graduate, Farah Tanki now aims to add...
Sharukh Khan with Khawar Jamsheed

Breaking Tradition

Khawar Jamsheed is the only line-producer from the valley who has tirelessly worked with Bollywood directors to bring them back to the scenic landscapes...

Android Orchards

With a lot of machines already involved in the apple growing in pre-harvest and post-harvest, it is the turn of taking information technology to...