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Nepal's deadly disaster exposed a Himalayan risk India can't easily see

Srinagar, Sept. 7 -- Mohan Bahadur Chand, a Himalayan glaciologist with Kathmandu University, was in a discussion on glaciers, permafrost, snow and mountain hazards on the morning of 26 August when re... Read More


How an artisan is trying to revive Kashmir's lost fur trade without killing wild animals

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- In a small workshop at Awantha Bhawan on Srinagar's 90 Feet Road in Soura, Tahir Ahmad Kalwal runs his fingers over freshly processed sheep pelts spread across wooden tables, chec... Read More


Why it's raining cloudbursts in Jammu & Kashmir

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Srinagar: Around 3.30 pm on 21 July, 22-year-old Aadil Qayoom Wani had just returned to his hosiery and garments shop in Beerwah, Budgam district, after buying fresh stock worth R... Read More


Why it's raining cloudbursts in Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- Around 3.30 pm on 21 July, 22-year-old Aadil Qayoom Wani had just returned to his hosiery and garments shop in Beerwah, Budgam district, after buying fresh stock worth Rs.1.5 lakh.... Read More


Lavender helps Jammu and Kashmir farmers adapt to a warmer, drier climate

India, July 29 -- Lavender cultivation is expanding in Jammu and Kashmir as farmers look for crops better suited to warmer winters, erratic rainfall and shrinking irrigation sources. Scientists say l... Read More


How Kashmir's warming winters are driving a new agricultural crisis

India, July 10 -- Wild boars, once thought to have vanished from Kashmir, are returning to farms, orchards and towns as winters grow milder. Farmers across the Valley report damage to paddy nurseries... Read More


How a British import turned Kashmir into India's trout capital

New Delhi, June 28 -- On a cold, June morning at the Kokernag trout farm in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, about 90 km from Srinagar, Fayaz Ahmad Mir hauls a net through a concrete raceway (an art... Read More