Jammu and Kashmir
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. …
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…