Weaver Dreams
Down south, a village has not abandoned handlooms because the power-looms work fast and better, but the weavers say they cannot change the destiny...
Women Fighters
In one of Kashmir’s impoverished belts, a central government scheme has revived the Umeed that if women, alongside men, will contribute by getting into...
Divorced By Pellets?
A young mother who went searching for her minor son at the peak of 2016 unrest was hit by a cartridge of pellets blinding...
Poultry In Pain
Almost half of the poultry farms in Lassipora are shut as others have reduced their rearing capacity. The sector requires quick attention as this...
A Beggar’s Paradise?
Come Ramzan, the Muslim month of fasting, mike-fitted vans and visibly destitute women swarm Srinagar markets and peripheral towns. Most of them turn out...
Creating A Cushion
A few students were desperate to find an option for getting a few minors out of child labour. They chipped in with their pocket...
Bridging A Village
A fisherwoman stopped going to sell her husband’s catch after situation prevented her leaving her five daughters unguarded at home. In 30 years, she...
Repairing Stressed Relations
Since 2018 summer, an all India NGO is working in Srinagar and collaborates with civil and police administration in managing help to the people,...
Living in Refuge?
Despite being UN listed refugees, the Burmese living in Jammu do not see any major shift in the attitude of the host population towards...
Business of Death
Unlike most of the Muslim societies, the death in parts of Kashmir triggers a protracted commercial exercise that involves a set of professionals and...
Women Wails
From the fall of the Kashmir’s first woman ruler in last one millennium to a spate of serious crimes being committed against women, the...
Growing With Grannies
As more and more women prefer white collar jobs to stay liquid and contribute to the family wellbeing, a new generation is growing either...
Kashmir’s Organ Donors
When a Sikh girl from Udhampur heard her Muslim friend from Rajouri, admitted in SKIMS, requires a kidney, she took moments to offer one....
Enforced Break-Ups
The conflict continues breaking families and adding to the destitute population. Muhammad Younis meets three widows and their children who lost their main support...
In Conflict Theatre
South Kashmir is boiling since 2016. It tops the lists of gun-battles that took place in 2018. The frequent encounters and a mounted vigil...
