Guiding the industry
EDI programme is trying nurture industrial consultancy firms in J&K to boost the developing sector. Haroon Mirani reports.
To plug the lacunae of professional consultants...
Weathering a storm
When circumstance left her husband incapacitated, Shamima turned to Pashmina weaving, and went on to set up an enterprise that helps thousands of women...
Realising a dream
Starting from one room of his house with financial help from friends, Abdul Rashid Dar set up Henna Agro Industries that sells 20 metric...
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...
Food for thought
Started in 2005 with an aim to provide quality confectionary to customers in Kashmir, the Hattrick chain has had an impressive growth. Haroon Mirani...
I help you land a job
Madina left a plum job to start a career consultancy to assist applicants from valley to get jobs in the private sector. Today her...
Inspiring empowerment
Left to fend for her six children after her husband‘s death Khatija turned to the spinning wheel. Weaving a living, she ended up empowering...
Flowery Success
She left a secure government job to wade into unknown waters only to open up career vistas for many in Kashmir. Ibrahim Wani reports
When...
Skewed, Skimpy SKEWPY
Billed as a landmark, the government’s employment and welfare programme is mostly a cocktail of existing schemes with some more doles thrown in. Many...
Aspiring Asparagus
A highly nutritious vegetable that grows in Kashmir and has huge demand in the West. Owing to government apathy, asparagus is on the verge...
A Dutch man in Kashmir
A Dutch man is living in Kashmir for five years, making and selling Dutch cheese. Hamidullah Dar meets Chris Zandee to find out what...
Resolute in Aim
Disappointed over the lack of Chip Design sector in Kashmir, electronics engineer Kashif Khan has embarked on himself to change the status quo. Ibrahim...
A chick and egg tale
His efforts to make valley self sufficient in poultry are not new. Since 1978 when Nazir Ahmad Tramboo’s tryst with the egg started, he...
A lease of life
An integrated cold chain storage facility inaugurated last week has taken Kashmir’s cumulative CAS capacity to 13800-mts with the avowed objective of giving a...
A bag full of business
The ban on polythene carry bags has given fillip to sales of alternatives like paper bags, most of which are prepared locally. Majid Maqbool...
