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Look after your physical and mental health at home

We know for many people life is changing dramatically due to Covid-19. Our family is no different, with children taking online classes at home...

Kangri Cancer in Kashmir

Kangri is a firepot kept beneath the traditional Kashmiri pheran. If a person is wearing a jacket, it may be used as a hand...

Impact of cartoons on children

Nowadays people are not having time for their kids but the kids are having enough time for their entertainment. Parents leave them with mobile...

`Take care of the heart

Heart diseases are the most common cause of death in most countries of the world. Globally, more than 20 crore people annually are diagnosed...

Technology trumping humanity

Thanks to the gifts of science, life has become comfortable. Everyone among us seems to now have expertise in operating and making use of...

The One and Only True Belief

Tawheed is the belief in the oneness of Allah. This belief is the cornerstone of Islam. Affirming to Shahadah, “La illaha illallah Mohammadur Rasoolullah”...

Shaykh Hamidulla, Jewel of Kashmir

Shaykh Hamidullah Lone is one of the most respected elders in the valley of Kashmir. He is a native of district Kulgam and is...

Valley or trash bowl?

Kashmir is fast turning into a garbage dump from all sides. And gosh, all of us are watching like mute spectators these heaps of...

What Comes After The Pandemic?

No doubt this is a terrible pandemic, but it seems that modern humans have yet to gain the level of wisdom necessary to see...

Khazir Maghribi – My Father As I Know Him

My father is well known for his pioneering work in poetry, literature, education and fight against social evils and nepotism. November 30, 1999, was...

Reflections on the two most successful theories of 20th century

Quantum mechanics has not only revolutionised the world of science but also our understanding of the very structure of matter at the fundamental level....

A Degraded Kashmiriyat

It seems the worst possible curse is to be a girl in this world. To be a girl or woman is to always suffer...

Ceasefire to ceaseless fire on LoC

A ceasefire is simply a temporary truce in a war. There is technically a ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) between India and...

Travel with a septuagenarian lady

Among so many pains there is one pain that is unique, called poverty “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and...

Mother’s Death Changes Us Forever

31st December is the second death anniversary of my mother. I still remember every moment of that unkind night and that fatal morning. The...

A Public Message on World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused...

Sisters are missed after marriage; don’t hesitate in telling them that

Will you miss me?" she asked, delicately, a day before her last day at home, where she had spent her entire life. "Huh! Why would...

What goes around comes around

Who could have possibly thought that staying healthy would become a greater priority than making money. Well, here comes the new normal. In times...

A seeker of the beyond

We in social, spiritual, physical, mental and rest of the states, are real. But as a matter of pure consciousness, I can't say how...

Kanger, the winter queen

The traditional firepot is an enduring emblem of local craft that is eco-friendly and cost-effective Kanger is a traditional firepot that we Kashmiris purchase for...

Nostalgia: Qasaba, The Beauty That Flowed from Head to Heels

Once I met a gentleman in a bus in Kupwara with whom I shared the seat. While talking with him it came to light...

Care of orchards, soil during winter vital for successful apple farming

The contribution of horticulture, especially apple farming, in the economy of Jammu & Kashmir is enormous and there has been consistent increase in the...

A Requiem for Shairbagh

Shairbagh is one of the famous places of Kashmir and lies in the heart of Anantnag town. Shairbagh has many gardens and springs, as...

‘Mal-der’ or Herpes zoster or Shingles, and the people of Kashmir

Bashir Kak is not well. He has had acute pain on the right of his chest and back for the past five days now....

‘Love Jihad’ laws of a morbid society

The term 'Love Jihad' is not mentioned or defined anywhere in the Indian Constitution or in any law. Yet the Hindu nationalists declare it...

Political Representation of PwDs in India

India is home to a myriad of marginalities. Most of them find mention in ongoing public discourses, but disability as a marginality is sidelined...

Constitution Day: November 26

Mandal Commission’s Recommendations Await Implementation The Constitution of India gives the right to equality to all its citizens but due to social discrimination a large...

The MILAP Programme for Madrassas

If the Indian madrassas could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics, besides influencing the government to support their initiatives The first institute of Islamic...

Quite a difference between ‘newspaper column’ and ‘scholarly article’

Writing for a general readership does not allow for bibliography and footnotes, but that does not mean that the intention is to dupe or...

25th of November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On 25th November 1960, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the assassination of the three Mirbal sisters who were struggling against his dictatorship. In 1981,...

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