Jammu and Kashmir

a woman smoking and drying fish in Srinagar--Hanji community
October 29, 2024
Kashmir’s fish delicacy tells a tale of change

The onset of winter in Kashmir is marked by the preparation and consumption of a variety of delicacies such as sun-dried vegetables and dried smoked fish, locally known as phaere. …

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March 8, 2024
Women shoulder the blame for climate change in Kashmir

In Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla and Bandipora districts, the lack of snowfall in recent years has been affecting agriculture—seeds do not germinate on time, and there isn’t enough water for…

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June 23, 2022
Human vs wild: Kashmiris bear the brunt of deforestation

One day in July 2021, as Ghulam Nabi, 49, stepped out of his house to perform his ablutions before offering namaz, he was attacked by a full-grown bear. Ghulam—a resident…

shepherd boy standing in a meadow - Forest Rights Act
March 10, 2022
Kashmir’s Chopans denied the right to graze freely
The Chopans have the right to freely graze their flocks on forest land, under the Forest Rights Act. However, they have not been able to access any of the rights guaranteed to them under this law.

In September 2021, the lieutenant governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) handed over several titles under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) to members of the Gujjar,…

A bunch of people with equipment in a mountainous area of Kashmir building a wrestling stadium. How building a wrestling stadium in Jammu and Kashmir challenged the mindset of a development professional
February 3, 2022
Why three villages in Kashmir value wrestling over roads

In 2016, the Goonj team was visiting the villages of Childi, Kither, and Naman in block Narsoo of the Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir as part of its flagship…

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December 16, 2021
No valley for women: Where to report domestic violence in J&K?

Rukaya got married to Imtiyaz, a resident of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, in 2010. Over the years, she has been tortured and harassed. Tired of the violence of her in-laws,…

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December 9, 2021
A mountainous task: Cloudbursts and J&K’s poor disaster response

The mountainous village of Honzar in Dachhan tehsil, located in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, was hit by a deadly cloudburst on July 28, 2021. It…

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November 30, 2021
The true price of walnuts: Farming is a risky business in Kashmir

In the autumn months of August and September, walnut harvesting is at its peak in the Kashmir Valley. Approximately 2.66 lakh metric tonnes of walnut are cultivated across 89,000 hectares…

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