In 2019, this engineer started cultivating saffron, not in Kashmir but inside a room in Noida; he invested ₹6 lakh and now earns an estimated ₹3.5 lakh a month

Saffron is not a crop most people would associate with a residential room in Noida. The city’s scorching summers, rising temperatures and urban pollution are a far cry from the cool conditions of Kashmir, where saffron has traditionally been cultivated in In