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Guryul Ravine: a geological site in a shambles

Overlooked by magnificent mountains and spectacular glaciers, beautiful vistas, vast lakes, and undulating landscape, Kashmir valley is nestled between the Pir Panjal Range and...

Marriage in Islam: A husband’s counsel

My dear beloved, it goes without saying that marriages are made in heaven. In Islam, marriage is a sacred contract and a religious duty....

A serious misconception about marriage & Family in Islam

A very fine balance needs to be struck between two possible case scenarios when it comes to marriage relationships. On the one hand there...

Teacher’s Day: A Teacher’s Influence Lasts for Generations

No matter how old we grow, the lessons taught by our teachers can never be forgotten. Good teaching is more a giving of right...

Teacher’s Day: A Tribute to my Teachers

Let me tell you a story about two great teachers of my village, who used to teach with passion, loved the students like their...

Turkey’s brinkmanship under Erdogan

The recent discovery of rich hydrocarbon reserves in the eastern Mediterranean sea by both Greece and Turkey has brought two NATO allies on the...

High-Density Apple: Sustaining higher returns needs both research and policy support

This is in response to the recent reports by Kashmir Reader Correspondent Mr Raashid Hassan titled “High density apples fetch excellent returns this year”...

How Kashmir’s Economy was Ruined

A year since reading down of Article 370, J-K’s economy is in crisis. In August last year a complete communication blackout and lockdown was...

Journalism is now agenda setting & media trial

We have three pillars of government – legislature, executive, & judiciary. They have checks and balances to keep everyone accountable. Media makes accountable all...

Being Responsible is the only way to avoid Fatal Accidents

Hardly any day passes now without news of tragic road accidents. Apart from claiming valuable lives, the road accidents have other serious consequences which...

Say No to Drugs

Drugs can quickly take over our lives. Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person's body or mind works. Drugs are not good...

Life’s Greatest Lesson: Book Review of Tuesdays with Morrie

The book Tuesdays with Morrie has been written by American author Mitch Albom, and was first published in 1997. This novel is a memoir...

Should Indian Muslims Have Their Own Media

On 26th August 2020, exactly at 1800 hrs, a slickly produced documentary was premiered on YouTube. Jamat-e Islami Hind’s commissioned documentary tried to explain...

Day of Ashura Should be Day of Introspection

Javed Beigh Much has changed since 570 CE, when Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) was born in the city of Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula in the...

From Bureaucracy to Politics and Vice-Versa

Let Shah Faesal decide what's good for him. Kashmir is the most suitable laboratory for every type of experiment. If results come good then...

Fish in distress

Water bodies in Kashmir have been marred by extensive pollution, siltation and encroachments, greatly affecting the fish that live in them A sudden appearance of...

Consanguineous marriage: Many more risks than benefits

Marital union among close biological kin is not uncommon. Current data suggests that about 10% of global population is related as second cousins or...

Take care of your child’s mental health

The behaviour of children can sometimes look odd and mysterious. It is hard to understand mood swings, emotional breakdowns, tantrums, hyper activity or solitary...

What toys and games can teach

The Atmanirbhar idea was recently extended by the Prime Minister to the toys and games industry. The Prime Minister spoke of the usefulness of...

Know Your Food, Especially the Heat-and-Eat Kind

After packaged Rista and Goshtaba conquering the kitchens of Jammu and Kashmir, now it is the turn of traditional Kashmiri staple food (rice/ sabzi/...

Is Religion the Source of Violence and Irrationality?

The phrase “Is religion” in the title above reminds me of a debate held within the famous auspices of the Oxford Union. In that...

Concept of Shirk in Islam

"Shirk” basically is “Polytheism”, i.e., the worship of others along with Allah. It also implies attributing divine attributes to any other besides Allah. It...

Remembering Hussain & Ahlul Bayt

The Hijri Calendar starts with one of the saddest events in Islamic history – the martyrdom of Imam Hussain in Karbala. It was the...

Treading cautiously in the Israeli-Palestinian minefield

While India has welcomed the normalisation of relations between the UAE and Israel, it must not lose sight of the Palestinian problem The establishment of...

Self Publishing in Kashmir Akin to Self-Destruction

Let me first appreciate all those Kashmiri writers and storytellers who try to prove their mettle in the field of writing. Their writings up...

An Earnest Wish for My Kashmir

The egoistic stand taken by both India and Pakistan on Kashmir for about seven-eight decades now has caused much loss of life, economic damage,...

Education Policy of 2020 Has Nothing New for Our School

The new education policy 2020 lays emphasis on the development of the creative potential of each individual. “It is based on the principle that...

A Garden Overrun by Desolation

There was once a verdant garden, salubrious and vigorous, a ‘garden of life’ that turned even non-living creatures to living ones. It was this...

Theory of Relativity in the Qu’ran!

According to the Theory of General Relativity, "Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it". As...

Internet: A Lifeline to the World, A Curse to Kashmir

On January 1, 1983, many researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on...

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