How Nadiya Shafi's fearless reporting became a ray of hope for Kashmir

Nadiya Shafi from Srinagar is going against the patriarchal structure in the state and giving a voice to the other gender through her documentaries, writes Sneha Bhattacharjee

In the recent months, Kashmir has been in news for reasons better not discussed here. And, just when you think that humanity has disappeared from the state, you see people like Nadiya Shafi who bring hope. 

A Srinagar resident, Nadiya is a video reporter, associated with the Kashmir Unheard Project and Video Volunteers. She has been awarded the ‘most promising individual award’ by Martha Farrell Awards for Excellence in Women Empowerment. The awards, first instituted in 2017, are given in the memory of Dr Martha Farrell, a prominent activist for gender equality and women’s empowerment killed in Kabul in a