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How a Tamil Backpacker's 10-Day Kashmir Trip Turned Into a Thriving Dosa Business

Every evening, the air inside a small restaurant in Srinagar's Jawahar Nagar turns warm with the aroma of freshly made idlis and dosas. Inside, a...

08.07.2026 30

The Better India

Irfan Amin Malik

Every Sunday, This 14-YO Rows Across Dal Lake to Save Its Fragile Ecosystem from Choking

22.10.2025 20

The Better India

Irfan Amin Malik

How a 1953 Boat Became the World’s Only Floating Post Office on Kashmir’s Dal Lake

08.10.2025 20

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Irfan Amin Malik

Lecturer-Turned-Beekeeper Builds 100-Hive Honey Venture in Kashmir & Doubles His Income

Once a government lecturer, Shabir began beekeeping with a modest Rs 28,000. Today, he sells organic honey, earns twice as much, and inspires a new...

05.07.2025 30

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Irfan Amin Malik

Bedridden After an Accident, This 70-YO Revived a 700-YO Kashmiri Art Form — & Won the Padma Shri

After a life-changing accident in 1998, Srinagar-based artisan Haji Ghulam Rasool Khan returned to the forgotten craft of Jamawar patchwork. From his...

26.05.2025 150

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Irfan Amin Malik