Diplomat Correspondent Srinagar, (DD):The much-anticipated paddy transplanting season began across Kashmir this week, as scores of farmers took to their fields singing age-old folk melodies and leaning on one another’s shoulders—both literally and figuratively—to brace for another year of rice cultivation. “Today, we planted the first batch of saplings in my family’s three-acre field,” said … Continue reading PADDY SEASON KICKS OFF AMID TRADITIONAL FANFARE IN KASHMIR