Kashmir

Trace the interesting origins of the one dish Indians unanimously love indulging in, the mouth-watering biryani.

These legendary women left their mark on India's historic architecture through the stunningly iconic structures they built.

In October 2012, three IIT alumni – Mubeen Masudi from IIT Bombay and Imbesat Ahmad and Salman Shahid from IIT Kharagpur, decided to give up their lucrative corporate jobs and go to Kashmir to set up a coaching institute.

With as many as 10 national and state level awards in her kitty, Nadiya presently runs a football academy in Rambagh area of Srinagar city and trains more than 30 children, including three girls.

English speakers may know more Hindi than they think as English has a great many Hindi loan-words. Check out 17 of them here you probably didn't know about !

Underprivileged at-risk children and child labourers in the Kashmir valley are slowly getting the opportunity to gain an education again.

Ruveda Salam is the first woman from Kashmir to crack the UPSC exams - twice!

Sepoy Ramesh Chand Yadav, who died during a gun battle to keep out militants from infiltrating into Kupwara, Kashmir, was honoured during a wreath laying ceremony.

Women in certain remote parts of rural Kashmir have to walk for miles before they can reach a safe drinking water source. Trying to ease their burden and ensure they have easy access to safe potable water are Kulsooma Begum and Raja Begum in Baramulla district.

Sakeena Akhtar had to give up her dream of playing cricket for the country because of family pressures. But she did not give up her passion. Today, as a cricket coach at Kashmir University for the last eight years, Akhtar has guided numerous prospective players.