Nasira Akhtar of Kanipora village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district recounts how she discovered a magical herb to dispose of plastic waste. This is her story of “ridicule, shaming, mocking – I went through it all” – in her own words.
I’ve heard that words can change people and their views. I didn’t think much of it till it happened to me.
Two decades ago parents in my village preferred to get their daughters married young. Mine had the same mindset. So I was also married off when I was 19, after I finished my matric exams.
On a fine calm evening, my husband was listening to the regional radio.
“Everything in this world will perish except the Lord and the polythene,” said an environmental expert on the radio show. I became restless when I heard those words.
“How can this man compare a man-made non-living thing to our living Creator!” was my thought.
That’s how my journey to find a way to destroy polythene in an eco-friendly manner started.