The ‘Rabbit Girl’ of Pahalgam is Her Nomadic Family’s Only Hope

Cameraperson: Shafat Hussain

Video Editor: Sandeep Suman

Producer: Tridip K Mandal

You can find her standing on the snow, holding a little white rabbit with black patches – she’s Rubeena, the ‘Rabbit Girl’ of Pahalgam in Kashmir.

For her family of eight – an ailing father, mother and five other siblings – this 10-year-old and her rabbit is the only hope of earning two square meals a day.

It’s only when the tourists visiting Pahalgam pose with her rabbit that Rubeena can earn some money, the family’s only source of income.