{"id":5802,"date":"2025-12-03T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:45:15","slug":"world-disability-day-anantnag-couple-cultivates-hope-and-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/world-disability-day-anantnag-couple-cultivates-hope-and-mushrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"World Disability Day : Anantnag couple cultivates hope and mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anantnag, Dec 03:\u00a0<\/strong>Defying societal expectations and their physical challenges, a specially-abled couple from south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district has skillfully nurtured a thriving mushroom cultivation unit under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) scheme.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of the agriculture department, Mehroka Jan and her husband Muzafar Ahmad who have physical disabilities affecting their legs have turned their challenges into strength to earn a dignified livelihood through their home-based mushroom unit.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling her struggle, Mehroka said that her family used to be dependent on her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband is also specially-abled. My father-in-law has only one kidney and my mother-in-law also remains unwell. So the only earning member in the family was my husband who too wasn\u2019t able to work properly. We would often worry about how to run the household,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the turning point came after participating in an agriculture-related event. \u201cI enrolled in the HADP scheme under which I was given 90 mushroom bags. I set up the unit at home and by the grace of God, it has helped us stand on our feet,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about unemployment, Mehroka advised youth to broaden their perspective. \u201cGovernment jobs are not easy to get. If you do not find a government job, you can work in the private sector or set up a small scale unit. Visit departments, explore schemes and make use of them. You can earn with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Muzafar, urged young people to remain focused and avoid distractions. \u201cWhen people sit idle, negative thoughts take over. Many youngsters in Kashmir are getting distracted. I request them to leave such things behind. Your real world is your home, your parents, your family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muzafar appealed to the youth to shun the wrong path. \u201cChoose any field you like, work hard and earn your livelihood. That is the right direction.\u201d<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anantnag, Dec 03:\u00a0Defying societal expectations and their physical challenges, a specially-abled couple from south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district has skillfully nurtured a thriving mushroom cultivation unit under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) scheme. With the support of the agriculture department, Mehroka Jan and her husband Muzafar Ahmad who have physical disabilities affecting their legs have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5804,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions\/5804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}