Kashmir’s Autumn Beauty: Top 10 Unique Destinations
by Muhammad Nadeem
SRINAGAR: As the leaves turn golden and the chill sets in, the valleys and peaks of Kashmir transform into enchanted realms perfect...
Snow@Gulmarg: A Photo Feature
The famed meadow of Kashmir Valley, Gulmarg, received season's first snowfall this week. As the meadow slowly slid under white carpet, people present there...
Vying for the pilgrim pie
With an estimated value of 100 crores, Hajj and umrah services is emerging as a big market in Kashmir, boosting the entry of private...
Hoekh Suen Is Back
As better earning population is consuming fresh vegetables around the year pushing the traditional dried vegetables to history, a hospitality veteran has successfully created...
Tourism Trials!
With another bumper season for Kashmir tourism in full swing, famous tourist places are already feeling the heat of tourist rush. Even when the...
Feeling the heat
A pleasant tourist summer has suddenly turned too hot, and it has nothing to do with the weather. For the tourism industry in Kashmir,...
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...
Back to Business in Gulmarg
The violence in Kashmir is at an all-time low and a record number of tourists have visited the valley this year. Nazir Ahmad Rather profiles...
In Nature’s lap
by Khursheed Wani
April has never been wet in two decades in a colossal way as this year in Kashmir. The cyclonic circulation induced by the...
Funding Faith
Money collected from different sources including tax on liquor sales is used to fund state’s ambitious plan of renovation and repair of religious places...
‘Get Well Soon’
Amid the debate over cockroaches crawling out of the biryani in Srinagar, R S Gull argues that one of the key factors for a...
Bollywood Boosting Tourism?
Cinema is one of the most potent mediums of promoting culture, but Bollywood has used Kashmir either for its scenic beauty or to create...
Kashmir’s Global Nomadic Couple
Defying norms, a Kashmiri couple puts in a lot of effort at their workplaces. Once they find a few days of holiday, they visit...
Buta Malik Is Out Of Business
History books credit a shepherd, Buta Malik for discovering the Amarnath Cave that attracts tens of thousands of half pilgrims every summer. For decades,...
A Neglected Yousmarg
Despite being one of the major tourist attractions, Yousmarg lacks even basic amenities. The electricity and water supply is erratic. There are no bins...
