DANNA, Oct 23: Young women sit demurely behind hand-operated sewing machines in the mountain village of Attyasa in Azad Kashmir practising their newly-acquired sewing skills on scraps of fabric.

All images courtesy of the author. I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the $500 in SkillsFuture Credits you received in 2020—if you’re old enough—is expiring at the end of the year.