Kashmir’s first female wheelchair basketball player Inshah Bashir
Kashmir’s first female wheelchair basketball player Inshah Bashir was felicitated by the President of India Shrimati Droupadi Murmu. Inshah Bashir was part of the Indian team that participated in the Wheelchair International Basketball tournament organised in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, that won a silver medal. Inshah says she was quite small when she had an accident […]
Jammu’s Sargam Kaushal wins Mrs World 2022
Sargam Kaushal from Jammu & Kashmir has been chosen as Mrs World 2022. Sargam said she felt so proud to win this title for her country India and she was so overwhelmed with happiness. She felt lost for words but said she was so grateful to all the women, all the caregivers, and men and […]
Kashmiri youth builds her start-up based on Ayurveda and Buddhism
I had not planned my entrepreneurial journey, says Ridhima Arora, Founder Namhya Foods Pvt. Ltd. My grandfather used to work with a number of ‘vaids’, practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine. He used to deal in herbs and that was a small part of our business handled by my father. I understood the significance of herbs after […]
Pulwama woman starts agriculture farming and expands business to poultry, dairy and fish farming
I started agriculture, says Syed Shazia Lateif, a progressive farmer in Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir. We took time from the Exotic Department of Agriculture. The department was very supportive. I feel they encourage women a lot who come forward. We had been doing the conventional method of farming, doing it the traditional way. […]
Kulgam woman starts mushroom unit after leaving private job
I left my private job and decided to do something else. I saw in the media about mushroom cultivation and that got me interested, says Shazia Jehan, resident of Kulgam district in Jammu & Kashmir. She thought why not start a mushroom unit herself. Shazia contacted the Agriculture Department. She was trained for 10 days […]
Powerlifter 18-yr-old Humaira wins 2 gold medals at Power Lifting Championship in J&K UT
Power Lifting Championship Eighteen-year-old student Humaira Mohammad of Higher Secondary School in Handwara, Jammu & Kashmir has become the star powerlifter lifting 235kg to win gold in a tournament. She has won the power lifting championship in her UT. In September 2022 she bagged two golds in J&K UT Powerlifting and Deadlift Championship. Humaira used […]
Kashmiri mother of two kids tops Class 10 Boards
In Jammu & Kashmir, a married woman Sabina with two small children sets an example by topping class 10th board exams. I am very happy, says Sabina, a resident of Kupwara district. She studied for her 10th exam while looking after the house and tending to her two small school going children. I would like […]
Girls in Budgam start weaving Kani shawls with support from UMEED
UMEED Scheme Kashmir: Kani Shawls In Budgam, awareness of UMEED scheme is spreading through friends. After doing her higher secondary, when a Kashmiri girl did not get employment, she contacted her friend who had joined UMEED and got associated with it. When she got some money, she started making Kani shawls with one of her […]
Girls join Tilla embroidery centre in Ganderbal to start their livelihood with UMEED
In Wakura cluster in district Ganderbal of Jammu & Kashmir, the girls who were not doing anything and who did not have any source of employment, got associated with UMEED scheme. Under UMEED, they were given full support, training and financial assistance to start their own units. District Ganderbal runs Tilla Centre in full swing […]
Budgam’s Kashmiri woman runs restaurant guided by UMEED scheme
In Budgam, the F20 Restaurant, is the result of an initiative by Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), UMEED. Restaurant owner Nida says this JKRLM UMEED scheme is very helpful especially for womenfolk. She was guided all along to set up her restaurant café F20. She says people generally come to eat pizza in […]