Jammu, Nov. 4 -- Share Tweet Share Suhail Rather Bandipora, Nov 4 (KNS): A feature story by Bandipora-based journalist Shaizan Nadaf highlighting the deteriorating condition of Wular Lake and its impact on women dependent on the waterbody for their livelihoods has been selected for the 11th edition of the Gender Bender Festival 2026, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru from November 19 to 22. Titled "Kashmir's Wular is sick, and its women know it," the story was published by Free Press Kashmir in August this year and documents the challenges faced by women engaged in water chestnut harvesting as the ecological condition of Wular Lake continues to deteriorate. The selection was announced on Wednesday by Sandbox Collective, the organisers of ...