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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.

A Steady Partnership

Two childhood friends quit their respective jobs to try their luck in advertising. Faisal Shabir Bhat profiles their journey so far In late 2012 two...

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...

A Will to Survive

It was a gamble to leave lucrative construction business to manufacture washing detergent for a market that is obsessed with multinational brands. Suhail A...

Crafting Cashmere

A typical young and restless from Old Srinagar was yearning to hit big, but life was no cakewalk for him. He took his odds...

Hatching Success

From a daily wager extracting sand to a successful entrepreneur who yearns to complete his studies, Farooq Ahmad Shah’s journey is inspiring. Safwat Zargar...

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...

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...

Chiseling Stones

It was near madness when Ubaid Mehraj decided to chase his dreams of turning raw stones into tiles instead of reaping benefits of his...

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...

Fashion Passion

Daughter of an insurer, Taj Preet Kaur was so in love with designing that her family gave her full support. The passion to pursue...

Eggless Address

A year after graduating, she married in a housewife-seeking baker family. As the pressure mounted to create resources to fund better education for her...

De’ Kanis Kreations

Fascination for sketches, drawings and designs since childhood took an army official’s daughter from Leh to National Institute of Fashion Technology for formal training...

Unconventional Investment

Shocked over his colleagues inviting him to play cricket in sub zero London suburb, Arjun Choudhary returned Jammu to create the state of the...

Kashmir Nikah: A Matchless Match

With technology taking over almost every sphere of our lives, finding a perfect match is now just a click away in Kashmir. Saima Bhat...

From Bang to Boom

After overcoming the parental hurdles, a young man driven by community sense started working to put Leh on tourism map. Fifteen years after, both...