Making Melodies
Born visually impaired, Yasir picked the art of music and is now an established singer, reports Mariah Shah
In the last few years, Yasir Noorani...
Determined to Conquer
Irshad Ahmad Ganai was born with arms that were a liability and not an asset. His determination saw him putting his feet to work...
Armed with determination
Ghulam Hassan Ganai lost both his arms to an electric shock in his childhood. Since then he has armed himself with determination to fight...
My Uncle Never Came Back
The everyday images of conflict and death that emerged in last two decades are imprinted on almost every Kashmiri’s mind. Nazir Ahmad, recalls one...
Blood for the nation
Shabir Hussain Khan knows the value of blood since childhood, when his family had to pay exorbitantly for 20 pints of blood required for...
A Model Library
MA young under-grad sets up a library out of his own pocket money to manage the book deficit for students in the north Kashmir...
Lighting up a Life
It is not a big deal to change three buses to work everyday, use a cell phone, teach computers, or thread a needle; not...
Steel willed woman
It is easy to succumb during adversity; it is equally difficult to face it, especially when you are a woman. Hamidullah Dar reports the...
Mission Education
A struggling couple had no capacity to get their specially abled daughter educated. As the husband died of a disease, the widow, a fisherwoman,...
Guardian of history
He was inspired by the family antiques he inherited. Public apathy towards heritage transformed his passion for historical collections into duty. Shazia Khan peeps...
Overcoming helplessness
A Kunan Poshpora rape victim refuses to be condemned and cocooned in shame. She runs a self-help group with other such victims, helping them...
Singer In Need
His modest background and income apart, Mudacer Hassan Dar created a band that sings to raise donations for the people who are in dire...
Change of Heart
Despite a difficult childhood and lifelong disability Riyaz A Wani established himself as a professional singer. But then everything seemed out-of-sync as he had...
The Chowkidar
Umar Khurshid tells the story of a specially abled man, who after guarding a hospital for a decade is now face to face with...
Universal Donor
A labourer in a stone quarry, Showkat Ali Wani, runs an NGO dealing with first aid and blood donations. With an O negative blood...
