Fighting It Out
It took little courage and a government initiative to change their lives around. Shakir Mir meets beneficiaries of Women’s Development Corporation to see how...
A Butterfly’s Journey
Had teenager Hina Nazir Sheikh known the costs of chasing her dream of opening a beauty parlour in trouble torn Kashmir, she might have...
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...
A biscuit for health
As entrepreneurship in Kashmir takes roots, a businessmen is in the process of manufacturing biscuits from water chestnuts. Haroon Mirani reports.
A Srinagar based company...
Village Educator
Orphaned at a time when he needed the support of his father, Showkat Allaie fought odds to complete his education. Finally, he decided to...
Expensively Exclusive
Education is an evolving activity, so is the art of teaching and creation of educational infrastructure, tools and methods. R S Gull visits an...
Rearing a Living
He left a lucrative job outside Kashmir to start a dairy farm in his village. Adding one cow every three months, he has diversified...
Fair share of business pie
In the male dominated entrepreneurship arena in Kashmir few women had made their mark. Aliya Bashir talks to some, who have braved odds and...
Advancing Apples
The Mughal route town of Shopian is a booming economic centre. Producer of the best apples from the region, its business got impetus after...
Tsunami Software
A major disaster prompted a Kashmiri entrepreneur to involve himself in developing a unique software, one that aims to improve tsunami detection and management....
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...
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...
America Calls
From a call center employee to the owner of call centers with some of them offshore, Zameer Altaf is living his dream. Saima Rashid...
Craft Marketing
Two women joined hands and created a digital platform that helps artisans get offshore buyers directly. In a few months of its operation, 192...
Tale of Empowerment
Ameen, once a student of History and Commerce, has moved far ahead of the times when he would vend dress materials cycling through the...
