Baramulla’s Shamshada empowered 300 women by training in her boutique, gets mentioned by J&K LG
Today women in Jammu and Kashmir are themselves coming forward to lead the development, said the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha. Talking about Self Help Groups, Shamshada Begum of Pattan, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir has taken the responsibility of technical training of women in her area. She has trained around 300 […]
J&K’s Junior National Gymnastic Champion Muskan Rana’s humble story
Thirteen-year-old Muskan Rana is an eighth standard girl studying in Modern Academy School in Jammu and Kashmir. What defines her is her skills in gymnastics which she has been practising for six years. She got inspired by watching gymnastics videos on YouTube. Muskan then told her parents that she wanted to learn gymnastics. Her mother […]
Gymnastics is the mother of all games: Rhythmic Gymnast Bavleen Kaur, Jammu
Bavleen Kaur is an International gymnast from Jammu and Kashmir. She has won four bronze medals, finishing third in the rhythmic gymnastics event at the Emirates Cup in Dubai. She won fifth position in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Thailand Open at Bangkok. Bavleen Kaur acquired the number 1 rank and represented India in 38th World Rhythmic […]
Kashmir’s young rapper Humaira Jan is a voice of freedom for the girls
Badlega lihaz bhi, badlega itihaas bhi, badlega samaj bhi, badlega sab aaj hi… Rapper Humaira Jan from Ganderbal district of Jammu & Kashmir says, people come up with negative comments. Some people used to say that you are a girl and you should not use social media. And you are spoiling the name of our […]
Emerging Kashmiri singer Nargis Khatoon’s lilting voice rocks Instagram
‘ I started singing when I was around four or five’, says Nargis Khatoon, an emerging Singer from Jammu and Kashmir. She always loved to sing. ‘My school assembly was my first platform where I sang’, says Nargis. From there she kept on moving ahead in the field of singing. At one point in life […]
Kulgam girl wins a gold medal in 7th Sqay South Asian Championship 2023
At the 7th Sqay South Asian Championship 2023 organised by Sqay Federation of Nepal at National Sports Stadium, Kathmandu, a Sqay Martial Arts player from Kulgam Mariya Sahar won a gold medal at the international competition. She started playing Sqay from class 5th and now she is in class 9th. In her five-year journey she […]
Woman from Shopian district of J&K cracks KAS exams
Binat ul Sheeraz of Shopian has cracked KAS exams. She says she has been studying for the Civil Services exams since the last three years.She has put in a lot of efforts and it has paid off. My family members were very happy to receive the news. At that time I was at my aunt’s […]
J&K girl takes advantage of govt’s Tejaswini scheme to start her clothes business
Firdaous Ahmad Bhat, a Beneficiary of the government scheme says before Article 370 the schemes were given to relatives but now recommendation does not work. The poor who want to stand on their feet can come to the centre and register to avail the benefits of the loan schemes. They are thankful to the LG […]
Bandipora girl author selected for the Istanbul International Model United Nations Conference
Nazrana Ahsan Wani, Author of the book ‘Shadowless Evening’ belongs to Bandipora in Jammu & Kashmir. She has co-authored 30 books and written one solo book, a collection of poems called ‘Shadowless Evening’. She has been invited to a worldwide conference of International Speakers in Turkey. Every year there are 10,000 speakers, says Nazrana. She […]
Boutique opened by a girl from Batagund village in Tral
The population is around 1.50 crore. I thought getting employment is next to impossible, says Saima from Batagund village in Tral block in district Pulwama of Jammu & Kashmir. It was then the idea of starting my own business came up. This way I can create employment opportunities for people, she thought. Normally, people invest […]