Students eagerly wait for maiden coffee shop in Women’s College
Srinagar: To provide students some space to socialise and relax, authorities in Women’s College, M.A Road, Srinagar have decided to open a coffee shop –Cafe- within the campus.
The initiative was taken by the home science department in 2016 to construct a single storey cafe near the administrative block of the college.
Estimated to cost Rs 32 lakh, officials said that the engineering department will take some more time to complete the construction.
“The idea was to create a space for the student and the teachers where they would relax and have some good coffee. » Read more about: Students eagerly wait for maiden coffee shop in Women’s College »
CM Scooty Scheme: 6 months on, students struggle to get documents
Srinagar: Hundreds of women students, who were provided scooties on subsidy by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, are struggling to get the registration certificates (RCs) of their vehicles even after six months.
The students say that the scooty dealers, who were asked to get the RCs of the vehicles, are dillydallying in providing them the documents even as the traffic department officials are ceasing the two-wheelers.
“While traveling from college to home, a few days ago, » Read more about: CM Scooty Scheme: 6 months on, students struggle to get documents »
Women students break stereotypes, start businesses online
Srinagar: They are still in their college and have already established their businesses.
The urge to do something new and to “prove that girls are no less than boys” made these two friends, Rabiya Maqbool and Peerzadi Ainain, start their own apparel businesses, online.
The 21-year-old friends, both students of Women’s College MA Road, sell designer wears, Abhayas, Kaftans and other girl accessories by getting orders over social networking sites.
“I always desired to do something that would make my parents proud and make myself happy as well. » Read more about: Women students break stereotypes, start businesses online »
Young Programmer Makes Learning Easier for Students
As the Kashmir Valley keeps on countersigning the unfortunate turbulences, its youngsters keep contributing to the society with their creative ideas.
Sixteen-year-old Danish Rashid from Awantipora in Pulwama in south Kashmir has developed an educational android app “live school Kashmir” (www.liveschoolkashmir.com), predominantly for the students from class 8th to 12th. They can get the study materials, avail tutorials and generate questions.
“The app was developed in contemplation with the prevailing situation in the valley keeping in view the loss students face,” said Danish, » Read more about: Young Programmer Makes Learning Easier for Students »
Calligraphy: A Casualty of Technology
In a dimly-lit room at Srinagar’s congested downtown, Mohammad Ayoub, 60, dusts his stacked collection of old newspapers.
Memoir of his ‘golden past’, the collection forces an expression of despair onto his face. Ayoub was a calligrapher who wrote countless newspapers with his hands in the pre-computer era. The way the silverfishes have eaten their way into the newspapers now reflects how the calligraphers and the calligraphy were jolted by the advent of technology.
“The nibs of our pens have dried out and most of the Katibs (calligraphers) have switched professions,” Ayoub says. » Read more about: Calligraphy: A Casualty of Technology »
Institution Housed in History
Overlooked by mighty Chinars, queens wandered on its lush green lawns, leaders addressed people in its spacious assembly halls, and poets exchanged their wedding vows in the serenity of its antique hallways. And in this day and date, it still mesmerises the ardent knowledge seekers of Kashmir.
The palatial library of Women’s College M A Road of Kashmir has a vast political and literary past.
Situated in the heart of Kashmir’s summer capital, Srinagar, the building was home to widows of Dogra Maharajas who ruled Kashmir till 1947. » Read more about: Institution Housed in History »
Gas Samovar: Upgrading Traditions
When grassroots innovators from across the state showcased their inventions at the annual innovation festival held in New Delhi earlier this year, Shazia, a 26-year-old school dropout from the south Kashmir’s Qazigund area, had no idea that her experiments with the traditional Kashmiri Samovar will bring accolades to her as well as to the state. As the festival went on, Shazia’s confidence got a boost with experts and the visitors showing much interest in her innovation. » Read more about: Gas Samovar: Upgrading Traditions »
‘I will die of wounds and pain’
Sitting uncomfortably on the cold floor of her kitchen, Shagufta Akther (name changed), in her early thirties, recounts the cruelty inflicted on her by her husband.
Apart from narrating pains and sorrows of her married life, she shares her fears and apprehensions about the future security of her life. Akther narrates that her husband often in a fit of anger beats her to pulp.
The blackened bruise on her thigh was inflicted by him, she says, » Read more about: ‘I will die of wounds and pain’ »
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