Posts By Sadam Hussain Pandow
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4.6KCultureIn Nund Reshi’s town, dried pears are a token delicacy
Famous for housing revered Sufi saint Sheikh Noor Din Noorani aka Nund Reshi’s shrine, Chrar-e-Sharief town is equally known for a unique...
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6.1KIn Depth
Meet the Kangri maker who is fighting to keep the firepot warm
In a small village in Pampore, Abdul Satar Ganie is leading by example to keep his village’s unique Kangri, known for its...
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1.9KIn Depth
The ‘long dead’ Budgam gunfight comes ‘alive’ in Shubeena’s nightmare
Charred windows, smoked doors and black broken bricks are now the new address of those who lost their houses in a Budgam...
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5.0KEcology
View from the ragpickers’ shanties: ‘We feel much safer here’
Non-local ragpickers who scrounge for trash find conflict zone called Kashmir ‘safer’ than ‘shining’ mainland India. Even though they live shabbily and...
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6.8KAgriculture
In Kashmir’s ‘Chota Punjab’, the vegetable boom is scripting new success stories
When their dried paddy fields paved way to vegetable gardens some decades back, none in Budgam’s Bugam hamlet had thought that they...
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10.3KCulture
Rajpora ‘Sheermal’: The ‘elitist bagel’ that became the commoners’ bread
Known for its unique texture and taste, Rajpora ‘Sheermal’ became a popular Tandoori delicacy soon after it came out of the kitchen...
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7.7KBusiness
Kashmir is losing its blooming almond fields—thick and fast!
After California almonds pushed Kashmiri homegrown dry fruits to the market margins, now their blooming fields are falling to a host of factors...
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6.0KBusiness
Time to pick the fleshy fruit from Kashmir’s largest plum producing belt
Notwithstanding disquieting weather forecasts, plum orchardists of Budgam’s B.K. Pora are currently reaping a bumper cash crop. Increased production coupled with domestic...
