Women Success Stories

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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