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How Women in Kashmir Turned the Traditional ‘Pheran’ Into a Lifeline for Their Families

How Women in Kashmir Turned the Traditional ‘Pheran’ Into a Lifeline for Their Families

In Delhi’s winter flea markets, university campuses and online craft stores, the Kashmiri pheran has quietly emerged as a seasonal fashion staple....

11.03.2026 30

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How a 25-YO Woman’s Solo Treks Brought Sustainable Tourism to Kashmir’s Forgotten Villages

At dawn in the high meadows, 25-year-old Shabnam Bashir walks through knee-deep grass, her boots soaked with melting snow. A mobile phone camera rests...

26.02.2026 10

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‘People Said My Life Was Finished’: Kashmir Woman Built a Thriving Rooftop Farm From Nothing, Earns Rs 40000/Month

11.12.2025 10

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