SHOPIAN’S APPLE BASKET
Seasonal blues and scant rainfall this year dealt a severe blow to the apple farmers of south Kashmir’s Shopian belt. With poor infrastructure in...
Fragrant Imprints
After security situation squeezed the raw material for his father’s incense manufacturing, Ami Sharma availed a loan and converted part of his home into...
Model Millionaire
By the end of twentieth century when a low ranking employee was desperately thinking about the future of his seven sons, he made a...
Empowering Kashmir
The 12 MW Athwatoo Hydro Power Project commissioned last week marks the beginning of private sector’s venture into J&K’s small power projects. Built by...
Aiming Big
An engineer turned businessman, Mohammed Shahid Dar is on a journey to make a significant change in the education sector in Kashmir. He aspires...
Behind A Wild Cumin Cafe Are Two Young Engineers
by Syed Ahmad Rufai
SRINAGAR: It was November 23, an unusually hot and sweaty Tuesday of 2021, but for two youngsters it was an idea...
Silky Way
Once a thriving industry Kashmir was known for across continents, silk yarn production has been on a steady decline. But an engineer, undeterred by...
The Silken Knot
Vested interest, negative policy interventions, market shifts and nature intervened in the unmaking of world’s biggest silk factory in Kashmir. As cocoon production fell...
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...
Not Cowed Down
Resisting the family soldiering career, Sanjay Choudhary opted a diary unit. In four years, he has doubled his herd, pushed his production to nearly...
A Pencil Village
A small village in Pulwama supplies more than two-thirds of the raw material to one of India’s major pencil makers pushing Chinese and German...
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...
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...
