Srinagar-based Sheikh Asif worked in several odd jobs before establishing his own IT venture in Manchester, UK. He has also helped 900 students from the valley with digital literacy for free.
A young man from Maharashtra has given a home to and is educating the daughters of militants killed in encounters in Kashmir. The girls had no other place to go to in the deeply patriarchal society of the Valley.
Dimitry Lobanov, a 33-year-old Russian tourist, fell into a deep snow-covered gorge in Gulmarg area of Kashmir Valley this Sunday. He was buried in snow and was severely injured. But thanks to the laudable rescue operation by the Indian Army, he is now safe and is being treated by doctors.