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Crucial Service
With a lot of enterprises emerging on social media and the lockdown preventing consumers from moving around too much, Kashmir threw up space for a start-up that can deliver products and bridge the gap...
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Quarantine Hotels
Without tourists since August 5, 2019, Kashmir hoteliers opened doors to shelter the Covid-19 suspects for mandatory quarantine. Initially, most of them were unhappy and reluctant but now a section is...
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Locked Down, Jobless
As the counter pandemic lockdown prolongs, thousands of people in unorganised and transporter, retail and services sectors are literally jobless. Left to fend for themselves, most of them are unable to...
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Back to Cycling
Protracted lockdowns have increased sedentary lifestyle forcing the new generation to embrace cycling to manage part of the obesity load. It is helping the otherwise defunct cycling market to relive a...
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Home Cooked Tiffin
At the peak of the August 2019 lockdown, when office-goers faced starvation owing to the closure of the eateries in Srinagar, a young couple decided to deliver affordable home-cooked lunches, reports...
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Dining With Pirates
Cafe Pirates is north Kashmir’ first themed restaurant modelled on a Hollywood movie reports Aqib Nazir The Cafe Pirates was by its three founders in 2018. KL Images:Aqib Nazir It’s the vibes that make...
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The Honey Money
As major honey brands were caught using imported adulterated material, Kashmir’s organic honey story could get an instant foothold in major markets if the systems turn supportive, reports Khalid Bashir...
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Tourists Return?
After 18 months of hiatus, the tourist footfalls have started surging in Kashmir. Insiders in the hospitality sector believe that if Gulmarg crowds are an indication, Kashmir may have a better tourist...
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Bitter Harvest
The political turmoil of the past eighteen months has hit Kashmir’s apple industry hard. The entry of the NAFED and the import of duty-free Iranian apples through the Afghanistan route is being seen...
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Exceptional Carver
One of Srinagar’s oldest craftsmen, Ghulam Nabi Dar’s designs on the wood remain unmatched for their intricacy and detail, reports Khalid Bashir Gura A collection of Ghulam Nabi Dar’s works that are...
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Virtual Trade
With the Covid-19 pandemic dictating a new regime, most of the activities of life are getting into virtual mode. Owing to the communication blockade, Kashmir has finally managed its hiccups and is...
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Dizzying Inflation
The steep rise in the cost of goods in Kashmir is making it increasingly difficult for the common man to manage two square meals a day. The lower middle class and the poor sections of the society are...
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Livelihood Concerns
Insisting that they have nothing to do with politics, Jammu Chamber sponsored daylong protest strike put a basket of livelihood issues in the public domain, Tahir Bhat reports Trade leaders in a...
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Kashmir Breakfast
In spite of being at the wrong level of social stratification, Kashmir’s traditional baking has always remained a roaring business. Sarmad Dev visits a village, deep north that owes its prosperity to...
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A Tycoon’s Death
A man who left behind Rs 1000 Crore company had purchased his first pair of shoes only after passing his matriculation. That is just part of the life and times of Syed Mohammad Iqbal Bukhari, the FIL...
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Jammed Wheels
Once the transporter of last resorts, the premier SRTC is struggling to find a role that could help it survive, reports Saifullah Bashir after visiting the employees who are desperately waiting for...
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Kangri Commerce
Kashmir’s history’s oldest tool against harshest winters has not evolved as a symbol of culture alone but a roaring business as well. Evaluating the supply-demand matrix of Kashmir’s celebrated...
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Kashmir’s Yarkand Links
With Yarkand Sarai, one of the trading landmarks in Srinagar, in the focus of recent government intervention, Kashmir’s Silk Route memories have revived. Scholar Dr Abdul Hamid Sheikh details the...
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The Eid Expenditure
Separated by around 70 days, the two Eid’s are ordained to be happy days in the Muslim lunar calendar. Happiness apart, the occasions are capital intensive and push more money into the market. Eid is...
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That Sinking Feeling
Even after 13 lakh tourist arrivals and a lot of interventions announced by the government, the economy on the eve of Eid is indicating a serious slump. Masood Hussain interacts with the stakeholders...
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