-
Oct 10, 2024 | 
trtworld.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
Srinagar - Twenty-year-old Rayess Ahmad Wagay is blind, but that hasn’t stopped him from learning the Quran. One of 200 students attending the Madrasa Abdullah Ibni Ummi Maktoom, in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, Wagay has benefitted from the seminary that was established to help teach the visually impaired. “Since my early years, I have been fortunate to learn the Quran under the guidance of Hafiz Mohammad Ayoub Bhat.
-
Oct 3, 2024 | 
outlookindia.com | M.K. Raina |Mubashir Naik |Naseer Ganai |Junaid Manzoor Dar
Identity Diary Identity Diary This story was published as part of Outlook Magazine's 'Future Tense' issue, dated October 1, 2024. To read more stories from the Issue, click here. At six sharp, Shurka woke up to what could have been a bright, beautiful day. No sooner had his eyes opened than he walked out and looked up immediately at the giant screen. WHAT IS ILLEGAL TODAY! The words in bright pink had appeared on the screen promptly at six.
-
Jul 13, 2024 | 
nationalheraldindia.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
The expansion of a railway network in Kashmir comes at the cost of generations of apple growers losing their orchardsOn 4 March 2024, Muzafar Ahmad Malik, a 42-year-old apple grower from Shopian district in south Kashmir, was lying on a bed in the government district hospital, recovering from a heart condition and agonising about the government’s plan to build a railway line that would subsume his 10-kanal (one acre) orchard.
-
Nov 14, 2023 | 
villagesquare.in | Junaid Manzoor Dar
With a name that literally translates to ‘forest of honey’, the Madhubani folk art of Bihar is bound to have a rich connection with nature. And it’s this link with our roots and traditions that Manisha Jha, a Mithila painter and an architect, wishes to bring to the forefront with her artworks and skill. Her dedication to the art form is evident, having imparted knowledge to over 10,000 students globally.
-
Nov 13, 2023 | 
villagesquare.in | Junaid Manzoor Dar |Jyoti Thakur |Mohsin Mushtaq
Snow-capped Himalayas, glaciers and rivers, lush meadows, chinar-lined valleys, tulip gardens, and lakes. Kashmir has been “Paradise on Earth” for centuries. There was nothing to spoil the view until plastic bottles and bags of chips showed up about two decades ago – littering nooks and crannies of the region’s picture-perfect landscape in recent years. However, there’s a solution. Reduce waste and boost recycling of plastic and reuse.
-
Oct 12, 2023 | 
thefederal.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
With mountains in the backdrop, lush green surroundings and paddy fields, Halamula village, along the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, is hard to distinguish from the over 300 other villages of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. As one enters the village residential area beyond the fields, children and young adults can be seen playing cricket. The love for gully cricket is a common phenomenon across millions of villages in India.
-
Oct 2, 2023 | 
gaonconnection.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
Srinagar, J&KFor Syed Shazia Lateef, the COVID-19 pandemic was an eye opener. What she saw around her in her village of Moloo Chitragam in Shopian district, South Kashmir, made her switch careers. From a lawyer, the 31-year-old became a farmer. “When the entire world pulled down its shutters during the pandemic, I realised that it barely had any impact on my family. We had plenty of food as my husband’s family is into farming.
-
Oct 2, 2023 | 
gaonconnection.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
श्रीनगर, जम्मू-कश्मीर। सैयद शाज़िया लतीफ़ को नहीं पता था कि कोविड-19 महामारी से उनकी ज़िंदगी बदल जाएगी। दक्षिण कश्मीर के शोपियां जिले के अपने गाँव मोलू चित्रगाम में उन्होंने अपने आस-पास जो देखा उसी में अपना करियर बनाने को सोचा। बस फिर क्या था 31 साल की वकील अब किसान बन गईं। “जब महामारी के दौरान पूरी दुनिया बंद थी, तब मुझे एहसास हुआ कि इसका मेरे परिवार पर कोई असर नहीं पड़ा। हमारे पास भरपूर खाना था क्योंकि मेरे पति का परिवार खेती करता है। पोल्ट्री, डेयरी, सब्जियाँ, मछली, फल सभी घरेलू उत्पाद थे...
-
Sep 24, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
Naseem Bagh, the chinar-laden garden in the heart of the University of Kashmir campus is a historic Mughal garden situated on the northwestern side of the Dal Lake close to the city of Srinagar In Jammu and Kashmir. It was laid out during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1586. The garden was later expanded and improved by Emperor Shah Jahan, Akbar’s grandson, who oversaw the planting of over 1200 Chinar trees in the year 1686.
-
Aug 16, 2023 | 
gaonconnection.com | Junaid Manzoor Dar
साल 2017 में जब मसरत जान ने अपनी पहली गाय खरीदी, तो उन्हें इस बात का अंदाजा नहीं था कि इससे उनकी ज़िंदगी बदल जाएगी। आज, दक्षिण कश्मीर के अनंतनाग जिले के शिपोरा लरकीपोरा गाँव के 40 वर्षीय मसरत के पास दस गायों का एक डेयरी फार्म है और उनकी मासिक आय लगभग 100,000 रुपये है। वह हर साल लगभग 3,000 रुपये प्रति ट्रैक्टर की लागत से स्थानीय किसानों को 50 ट्रैक्टर गोबर गाद भी बेचती हैं। 'गृहिणी' से, मसरत जान अब कश्मीर में एक सफल डेयरी उद्यमी हैं, जो अपने गाँव से खांडे डेयरी फार्म चलाती हैं। जम्मू-कश्मीर की...
