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Creating art with pebbles

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Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, 35, a self-taught artist from Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir, has been passionately pursuing his passion of creating art using pebbles for the past two decades. Though he does not hold any formal education or training in arts, Ahmad has continued to follow his calling with dedication.

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Women suffer as Kashmir garlic faces market blues

As the market for Kashmiri garlic records a slump for the fourth year in a row, growers have been pushed against the wall in the Valley’s villages.