Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day is observed to salute the women, who in the face of the struggle against Kunan Poshpora, refused to give up.

While ‘woman and war’ has been a central plot of their stories casting Draupadi and Seeta as main female protagonists, we can map many supportive female characters in both the stories for their stunning similarities yet intriguing differences.

Children of the contiguous plains of Bengal have grown up wrapped in the comforts of the humble kantha. The kantha is embroidered by hand, sewn from discarded rags, cast off dhotis and sarees into cotton quilts.

A study by the Kashmir University shows that the percentage of unmarried population in the state is 55. This article analyses how this could be the result of increased unemployment in Kashmir.