A VIRTUAL YARBAL
Kashmir Life|January 24, 2021
Part of folklore now, Yarbal in Kashmir was not the spot of gossip alone, it was a source of community interaction and involvement. Following the footprints of the past, a young engineer has started a virtual platform, perhaps the biggest gathering of Kashmiri women where problems are divulged, discussed and disposed. Besides, support system is offered to promote women entrepreneurship, reports Saima Bhat
Saima Bhat
A VIRTUAL YARBAL

She found him cheating on her. Uncertain about her decision to give her would-be-husband a second chance, a lady posted her problem on a female exclusive Facebook platform. In response, it was a flood on the virtual yarbal.

“I preferred sharing my problem on this group in a state of desperation,” the lady said. “I was seeking unbiased suggestions and the response helped me in the decision-making.”

This female exclusive group connects 40,000 women. It was started on January 6, 2019, and named Yak jut, a Kashmiri name meaning a joint effort. Started by Syed Hanaz Tariq, 23, an automation engineer, currently serving an Electronic and Automation Company in Pune, this is perhaps the major virtual group of Kashmiri women.

It is home to interesting and peculiar issues and concerns that the women confront. In most of the cases, the members hunt for solutions within the members. “The whole night, she cries herself to sleep. The next day she looks in the mirror and gets ready as if nothing has happened. Facing the world, her family and friends; trying to act normal, she smiles awkwardly and moves ahead. Sometimes she tries to live up to the societal expectations, sometimes she lives for her children, and sometimes she just exists. Years pass, her hair turns grey and one day she ceases to be. How many of us value a woman as an individual rather than the roles she assumes-of a mother, a daughter, or a friend?” Hanaz always thought about the different issues faced by women.

Denne historien er fra January 24, 2021-utgaven av Kashmir Life.

Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.

Denne historien er fra January 24, 2021-utgaven av Kashmir Life.

Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA KASHMIR LIFESe alt
Before The Kabul Retreat
Kashmir Life

Before The Kabul Retreat

Described as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’, Afghanistan was always termed to be at peace when it was at war. But the land-locked desert country that was always in turmoil and one of the worst targets of the Great Game suffered immensely throughout, especially in the last 40 years, Masood Hussain writes

time-read
10 mins  |
August 22, 2021
FINGERS CROSSED
Kashmir Life

FINGERS CROSSED

Almost everybody in academia and politics that Khalid Bashir Gura spoke to, the response over Kabul happens was simple – wait and watch

time-read
5 mins  |
August 22, 2021
Parliamentary Committee In Srinagar
Kashmir Life

Parliamentary Committee In Srinagar

The visiting 28-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs have had detailed interactions with top civil administration and discussed developmental scenario and people’s welfare measures in Jammu and Kashmir. It is on a 4-day visit. Congress leader and MP Anand Sharma is heading the committee.

time-read
1 min  |
August 22, 2021
MUSIC IN MUD HOUSE
Kashmir Life

MUSIC IN MUD HOUSE

Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in the last few years

time-read
7 mins  |
August 22, 2021
THE KABUL SPILLOVER?
Kashmir Life

THE KABUL SPILLOVER?

Security experts are divided over the possible impact of the Kabul situation on Kashmir. But the dramatic Taliban triumph has altered the region’s geopolitics, for the time being, writes Riyaz Wani

time-read
10+ mins  |
August 22, 2021
Durga Bhawan At Katra
Kashmir Life

Durga Bhawan At Katra

To enhancing facilities for the convenience of the Vaishno Devi pilgrims, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation for the Durga Bhawan, a high utility pilgrim-centric facility worth Rs 24.4 crore. The facility will accommodate 4000 pilgrims.

time-read
1 min  |
August 22, 2021
Women Empowerment
Kashmir Life

Women Empowerment

In the first, 480 talented girls from Jammu and Kashmir were included in the degree and diploma courses of the Pragati Scholarship. Jammu and Kashmir has also got nine scholarships under the Saksham Scheme for Persons with Disabilities.

time-read
1 min  |
August 22, 2021
‘SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IS THE OUTCOME OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN KASHMIR STAND-OFF'
Kashmir Life

‘SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IS THE OUTCOME OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN KASHMIR STAND-OFF'

Foreign policy expert and editor of HardNews magazine, Sanjay Kapoor believes that Taliban 2.0 has more legitimacy unlike in the past as it had signed a deal with the US and negotiated with other countries of the region, but the final verdict can be passed only after it manages ticklish issues involving half of its population, the women

time-read
9 mins  |
August 22, 2021
Boredom Is Creative?
Kashmir Life

Boredom Is Creative?

Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain

time-read
4 mins  |
August 15, 2021
LG In Bangus
Kashmir Life

LG In Bangus

Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Bungus Awaam Mela amidst grand arrangements for village games, exhilarating local performances, and other activities to celebrate the 75th year of Independence.

time-read
1 min  |
August 15, 2021