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Chillaikalan Begins

21st December every year marks the beginning of Chillaikalan, a spell of forty days of teeth-chattering, bone-chilling cold. In these forty days, across Kashmir...

CHAI NAMA

Chai has become so much associated with our day-to-day life that it has become almost impossible to live without it. The saga of chai...

The marvels that were unique to Kashmir

Zoon Dabb balconies, roofs of bark and mud, Kasaba, Taranga, Pulharu, Putta Hurr – so perfectly were they all suited to our lives The social...

Rajouri Travelogue

It was December 2019. I had planned my roadmap for the year twenty-twenty. The roadmap consisted of numerous objectives and goals. One among them...

Non Performing Assets: A Macroeconomic Concern

The RBI defines “non-performing asset” (NPA) as an asset, including a leased asset, which has ceased to generate income for the bank. An NPA...

Thodi Masti, Thodi Padhai: The Pratham Response to Covid

All educational institutions in Kashmir have been closed since August 2019. The educational institutions were closed immediately after the abrogation of Article 370 and...

Democracy, Secularism, Capitalism All Need Reform

The governance of a country or area, along with the contest between different parties or groups for power, is what we generally take as...

From Prime Educator to Chief Regulator: The Education Department Must Transition With The Times

With a little shift in focus and an alteration in its role, the department with its well-qualified workforce can be turned into a great...

Rape as proclamation of conquest and plunder

Rape is unlawful sexual activity, most often involving sexual intercourse, against the will of the victim through force or the threat of force or...

All about heart palpitations

Heart palpitations are sensations of a fast-beating, fluttering or pounding heart. Heart palpitations can be scary, particularly if they happen during the night when...

Amir Rasheed’s Mouj Kasheer Welfare Trust

In Kashmir we have many organisations that are serving humanity. One such is Mouj Kasheer Welfare Trust, run by Amir Rasheed Wani. He is...

In praise of sisters

As per Islam, if one’s parents, especially the father, has passed away and the son is an adult, then the son takes over the...

The Environment in Peril from Clothes and Cosmetics

Last year, a special report was issued by the United Nations stating that the fashion industry is one of the main culprits responsible for...

Why Sheikh Suhrawardi brought ‘Ishraq’ into philosophy

Before getting into the discussion, let me tell you what is “Ishraq”. The word Ishraq is derived from “Sharq” which means East where the...

Islam and terrorism

A terrorist can't be a true Muslim and a true Muslim can't be a terrorist. Islam is a religion of security and peace. When...

O Jerusalema!

Those who dance together, live together Sometimes you are too bogged down by lethargy or feel really unconcerned by the happenings around the world and...

Forest Rights Act in Jammu and Kashmir: Long Overdue, Most Welcome

Forests, having cradled human civilisation and affected its subsequent journey, have always been pivotal in our economies and ecology, but their importance is much...

The Ignominious Indian Media

We live in times when news channels across the globe and especially in India are concerned with everything else but news. They give us...

Hope of a two-state solution gone with the wind

The back-to-back peace agreements signed by Israel with the Gulf Arab countries may be a death knell for the two-state solution The last few months...

The sterling Dr Rafiq Masoodi

The destruction caused by the floods in 2014 is still fresh in our memory. We remember the yeoman’s job done by Akashvani Srinagar and...

The fracas over facemasks

Wearing facemasks is considered as one of the most important precautions for preventing spread of Covid-19. At the start of the pandemic a lot...

The life and struggle of K H Khurshid for Kashmir

The late K H Khurshid was private secretary to Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He later went on to become the President of Pakistan Administered Kashmir...

The denigrated ‘arrangement’ lecturer

He did not enter the staff room, he barged in; he did not speak with respect, he shouted at; he did not address a...

DDC Elections: What Spurred People to Step In

Two months ago on 17 October, the centre amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Raj Act, 1989, to facilitate the setting up of District...

The Story of a Pocket Thief

He was in the middle of public wrath, liberally thrashed and shoved, with a few weaker ones pulling at his already ripped shirt collars....

Love is the Code to Lasting Relationships

At the very creation of this majestic universe, the only element through which such a huge existence came into being was the divine love,...

Say Goodbye to Pen-Paper Examinations

Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes COVID-19, has disrupted the system of education and has taught us many revolutionary lessons. One of these...

On Rise of Heart Attacks in Young Population in Kashmir

Normally, there is a surge in the number of patients suffering from heart attack or stroke that are brought to Kashmir hospitals in winters....

Rx Generic Drug Prescription: Risks and Benefits

The cost of prescription drugs has always been a source of concern for patients, especially from economically weaker sections. Generic medications are drugs created...

Rethinking Migration: Risks to Mobility in Times of Pandemic

The Covid- 19 catastrophe has led to an unprecedented forced reverse migration. Migrants both national and international are encountering a crisis of wage theft...

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