In the olden days when there was no electricity, one remembers those moments spent in the light of candles.But with the advent of new inventions in the modern age, the daily use of candles is disappearing. However, 26-year-old Mehek Parvez has .
How this Kashmiri girl’s candle making business is lighting up the Valley
Mehak Pervaz of Srinagar launched her candle making business Shamaaque by Mehak during the pandemic year. She now has over 1,400 followers on Instagram, from where she regularly gets her orders.
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Twenty-five year-old engineering graduate Mehak Pervaz of Central Kashmir has started her own business venture - making, designing and customising candles.
Mehak, a resident of Elahi Bagh area of Srinagar city, says candles have fascinated her from childhood.
“I have realised time and again that lighting a candle does wonders to lift one’s mood. Unfortunately, in a place like Kashmir, we do not use decorative candles for functions and celebratory occasions,” says Mehak, who has named her business ‘Shamaaque by Mehak’.
80% students qualify class 12th exams in Kashmir, girls steal show
80% students qualify class 12th exams in Kashmir, girls steal show
Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, Mar 8: More than 80 per cent of students have qualified the annual class 12th examination the results of which were declared today by the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) with girls securing top positions in all four streams.
As per Board officials, a total number of 58397 students appeared in the examination out of which 46987 students qualified the examination which amounts to the total pass percentage of 80.46%.
This year, the Government Higher Secondary School Kothi Bagh Srinagar has achieved the feat of bagging all the three top positions in the Home Science stream.
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