Kashmiri women

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Kashmiri women break gender shackles at Muharram

With more women coming out to participate in the Muharram processions, the mourning rites are achieving a new aspect in Kashmir. Village Square does a round-up of this year’s observance in the Valley in photos.

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Shrinking Wular Lake shrivels water chestnut harvests in Kashmir

Kashmiri women dependent on Wular Lake’s water chestnuts are finding it hard to sustain their livelihood collecting and processing the crop because of dumped waste and silt in the lake.