Virtual Success
“Hooglu doesn’t mean anything. It just struck my mind,” says Zaid. A word without meaning that’s now become a business without boundaries. Tasavur Mushtaq...
Honey Sweet Success
An international NGO has helped train a group of bee farmers honey production. Syed Asma reports on the Bees for Business program of Mercy...
Passion For Quality Education
A young man from Bejbihara quit a cushy job in London to come back for spreading quality primary education in the rural hinterland.Majid Maqbool...
Business Of Tear Smoke
In the recent years of unrest, young Kashmiris were often found on the frontlines, pelting stones in protest. But as Mukeet Akmali reports, three...
A Chicken Farm Village
Failure and closure of a big chicken farm in Parigam, that employed many villagers, could have pushed the village into economic depression. But one...
Weaving A Dream
Overcoming financial limitations, Arifa’s determination and optimism to excel in handicrafts helped her create a niche in the male-dominated sector, Ikhlaq Qadri meets the...
Sowing Fruitful Success
He left behind a successful and promising career with top pharmaceutical companies outside Kashmir and decided to return home and do something for himself....
Seed Capital Fund Scheme
Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Policy for Youth (SKEWPY) was announced as ruling coalition’s flagship plan to manage unemployment by encouraging youth to become entrepreneurs....
Big Bee Business
Many unemployed youth are finding a promising future in beekeeping which is coming up as a prospective small-scale business avenue in unemployment ridden Kashmir,...
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...
More Stars for Kashmir
A five-star hotel conceived by Sheikh Abdullah and businessman Khawaja Saif-ud-din Baba took more than thirty years to complete. With a management contract with...
The Proud Farmer
Dr Gazalla Amin gave up a career in medicine to venture into farming and turned a successful entrepreneur. Ikhlaq Qadri reports.
She cherished her childhood...
Budget 2011-12: The SKEWPY
On the 10th August, 2009, while presenting the first budget of the present government, I had unfolded the broad contours of the mission employment...
Taking risk pays
On vacation from his job, Umar Nazir Tibetbaqal thought of starting a business that would keep his retired engineer father busy, however, a turn...
Fair Share of Business Pie
In the male-dominated entrepreneurship arena in Kashmir, few women had made their mark. Aliya Bashir speaks with those who have overcome obstacles and established...
