WOMEN OF KASHMIR
WOMEN OF KASHMIR
Breaking the stereotype Muslim Women are making a foray into business in defiance proving they are nothing less in the Male dominated and non-Muslim Women Entrepreneurs in the Business Profession. Muslim Women Entrepreneurs are gradually making their mark in Business on their own merits. One …
My life starts from 21-feb-2000, a chilly cold winter night in Rawalpora Srinagar, a city in Kashmir as my parents was in hope of a baby boy child but a baby girl (me) was born and I was the second girl child in the family …
Aakhiz khursheed, a Medical student from downtown Kashmir. She has completed her 10+2 from Kothibagh Srinagar in 2018. After that she had applied for entrance exams where, in few she got selected and at the same time got rejected too. Her selection in entrance exams …
ACP Dr Ruveda Salam has held many titles under her belt. Going after her father’s wishes, she chose to appear for the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) exam and cleared it with flying colours. She also has the achievement of having cleared the same not once, …
Nazki is the founder of Srinagar’s famous tea room, Chai Jaai. Her cafe by the river in Srinagar is quite popular among young girls who say that Chai Jaai is a place they can finally breathe in. Her key mission is to make the tea …
Rasool, of Baramulla in Kashmir, is a young cricketer who is nurturing the dream of becoming a part of the women’s cricket team. She idolises Jhulan Goswami and believes in the mantra of working relentlessly to achieve one’s goals. Her inclination towards cricket during her …
Nighat is Kashmir’s first female football coach. The football aficionado was born and brought up in a middle-class Muslim family from Rambagh, a locality two kilometres away from of the Srinagar city. She explained how all girl students in her locality had almost no interest …
Zarger co-founded Me ‘n’ U Café in Srinagar became the first ever woman café entrepreneur in Kashmir. She confessed that she pursued law but she never practised it as she was always interested in treading on the entrepreneurial path. It was her love for food that …
A trained medical officer and a motor sport enthusiast, Dr. Mushtaq says, “I have got a platform and will give it my best shot. Winning and losing is not important but participating is.” For her efforts and inspiring story, she has been nicknamed, ‘The Lady with …
This little Kashmiri girl is the youngest of the Kashmiri women achievers listed in this article. She has represented India and won the much coveted World Kickboxing Championship that was organised in Italy in the year 2016, all at the young age of seven, when most kids her age …