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Kashmir’s Milk Belt
Abundant with nutrient-rich fodder and not far away from Srinagar, the major Kashmir market, a cluster of villages in Pulwama have emerged as key milk suppliers. Offering financial stability, and a...
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For two days, Kashmir was restive over the inordinate delay in the passage of apple-laden truck convoys on the ailing old highway. While the growers are now facing the music for an instant glut in the...
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Royal Nuts
For five weeks every fall, Sweet Chestnuts sell roasted on the Srinagar city streets at a cost not matched by any other fruit. Humaira Nabi reports about a specialty that is a government monopoly for...
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Driving Nuts
Water chestnuts harvested from Wullar lake have helped Kashmir survive the worst days in the last 250 years. Considered the best food for diabetics, these nuts, unlike apple and saffron, have not been...
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Mushrooming A Culture
A mechanical engineer has started implementing an ambitious plan to address Kashmir’s pre-harvest and post-harvest concerns so that mushroom cultivation takes off as a sustainable livelihood option for...
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Kashmir’s Twentieth-Century Bazaars
Between the elite markets of SR Gunj, Mahraj Bazar and the Bund, the twentieth-century witnessed the rise of hundreds of Khatri traders and a few Parsi families who contributed to the emergence of...
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Golden Card’s Silver Lining
With almost 90 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir’s population covered under cashless health insurance, the Ayushman Bharat scheme and almost Rs 1000 crore already spent, the Golden Card is still facing...
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The Kashmir Morels
Like carpets that Kashmir weaves but ill-affords for itself, the valley produces more than 25 tons of costly morels that sell at a cost higher than silver in the global market, reports Tazeem Nazir...
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Desolate Markets
Markets across Kashmir used to be teeming with activity in the days ahead of Eid, a situation that is missing yet again. Syed Shadab Ali Gillani met the traders to report the “unprecedented” slump in...
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Fading Time
In bustling Srinagar, Aiman Fayaz meets a watchmaker who is unwilling to give up even though digital watches have already taken over the sector. Mohammad Shafi, a traditional Kashmir watchmaker, is...
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Bilquis In Business
Her father gifted her a piece of orchard on the roadside and sought a promise that she would utilize it for a sustainable activity. Joined by her husband, Bilquis started selling homemade apple...
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An Exceptional Trader
Abdul Hameed Wani, who owns and runs Kashmir’s only private apple mandi deep in south Kashmir is a self-made businessman, whose trade is dictated by the urge to contribute differently to society,...
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Seasonal Businesses
With distinct four seasons dictating a dress shift and a food choice, part of Kashmir’s business shifts with the seasons reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani 10-year-old orphan boy identified as Rafqat Ali...
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Kashmir’s Thriving Thrift Market
While the Sunday Market continues to be the only address for comfortable and budget shopping, it is not only getting popular with tourists alone. The flea market feeds tons of material for the thriving...
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The Ramzan Economy
Less working hours, compromised production, a surge in consumption and a visible impact on earnings during the Muslim month of fasting do not prevent charity and positive subjective well-being of...
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The Road Less Travelled
In Kashmîr, some brave men and women give up their jobs with disposable incomes and get into sustainable entrepreneurial activities. Babra Wani explores tales of resilience, determination, and the...
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Sacrificed Eid Market
On the eve of Eid 2024, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani and Babra Wani visited the key Srinagar markets and found them deserted. While the traders said the footfalls had evaporated, the shoppers talked about a...
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Kashmir New Silver Lining
After surviving for centuries as the precious metal in Kashmir, silver did a fading act as the affordability improved with economic progress and gold took over. Now silver is gradually making a huge...
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