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See beyond the lockdown

The closure of schools is not helping but harming our children in difficult time Many of us are familiar with the fact that the current...

POSITIVITY: A HARD NUT TO CRACK

Life is all about ups and downs. From scholars to religious preachers, everyone talks about remaining positive in pessimistic times. However, the question of...

A clear vision paves the path

Mir Tariq Maqbool Every new day dawns with new opportunities for everyone. If the time was ripe to plant a tree ten years ago,...

Biodiversity vital for sustainable agriculture and economy

The country has seen a huge transformation from a situation of hand-to-mouth to food security through the green revolution. The situation in the past...

The Benefits of Beetroot (chukandar)

There is global tendency towards a healthy diet including "functional foods": food items that help in promoting good health via good diet. Red beetroot...

The Cave Syndrome of the Covid-19 pandemic

Nature is the theatre in which God displays his signs. By nature here we don’t mean simply that which is outside the cities –...

Sun Temple awaits a new dawn

Not only known for its magnificent structure and historical prominence, the Martand Sun Temple housed at Kehribal, some nine kilometres from Anantnag district, remains...

Recession in ‘recession-proof’ dairy industry

Dairy is considered as a recession-free industry, a cash business with a good rate of return and always in demand. But what has happened...

World Wetlands Day: Wetlands, ‘kidneys of the earth’

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2nd of February every year to commemorate the day on which the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in...

Wetlands restoration will protect both people and nature

On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, we must join hands for protecting and preserving these precious gifts of nature. The Ramsar Convention on...

Why Community Libraries are important

In terms of Amartya Sen’s vision of development as freedom, development is the removal of barriers to people’s exercise of agency. We are going...

How the pendency in courts can be lowered

Speedy trial is an integral and essential part of the fundamental right to life and liberty enshrined in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution....

Whitney Wolfe: The Queen Bee of Bumble

If you have dedication, courage and confidence in yourself, then even the strongest tempest can't break your dreams Success stories are often made of impossible...

Unheard, unemployed degree holders of J&K

The freeze on recruitment in the education department is shattering the dreams of thousands of scholars The administration of J&K has decided to make sure...

The deadly customs post death

Samiya Bint Nazir We come to this world only to return back. Inna lillah wa inna ilahi rajaoon. There isn’t a single exception to this...

My Mother: Epitome of Shafaqat, Sakhawat and Itaat

I wasn't beside her when she battled for her life in the Intensive Care Unit of SKIMS, though we were both admitted to the...

The damage done by social media trials

Social media has become an integral part of each individual’s life as it is accessible through smartphones, computers, and tablets. In a democracy it...

When home becomes hell

More and more parents are making the lives of their children miserable If producing kids is the only qualification to be a parent, then animals...

Why is Law fundamental to Society

Law serves as a norm of conduct for citizens. It provides order and equity between the three branches of government. Without law there would...

Turn to the Turnip (Gugej)

The turnip, locally known as ‘Gugej’, is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. The turnip is...

Not necessary to be an engineer after studying engineering

After completing a degree in engineering we generally look for jobs that are related to engineering and thus limit ourselves to a career in...

Teachers deserve better

In this part of the world which is famous as Reash Waer, the most important and respectable section of society, that of teachers, is...

The humanity that also travels in public transport

A few weeks back I was planning to write about the tribulations that women face while travelling in public transport. Before I could put...

An exclusive interview with Chilai Kalaan

Chilai Kalan is about to breathe his last to let the Chilai Khurd blossom. In the final breaths of Chilai Kalan, I was able...

What my first class as a teacher taught me

A year back or so, I was given a task to teach a novel to students of 11th and 12th standard. The text which...

The many worlds of Physics

The level of fascination that unproved theories in particular, and physics in general, hold is beyond words Fundamental physics may come across as a plain...

East-West Stalemate

SYED SHAHAB U DIN ANDRABI An erstwhile part of the Soviet Union from 1922 until its collapse, Ukraine is the second-largest country in Eastern Europe...

Omicron: A Variant of Concern or A Natural Vaccine or A Big Unknown?

One of the lessons to be learned from climate change, biodiversity loss, urban sprawl, ethnic conflicts, and economic down-turns is that when we abuse...

Omicron: The Clever Viral Strain

How is Omicron different from Delta? Studies suggest that Omicron spreads 70 times faster than previous coronavirus variants, especially the Delta variant. The Omicron variant...

Journey to the Mysterious Self

An American writer and a publisher, John, is travelling to Varanasi on a train. He meets a rather interesting man, Yogesh, who is a...

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