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The Supreme Court on Freedom of Speech and Expression

Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides for the right to freedom of opinion and expression. It states that, “Everyone has...

Photojournalism in Kashmir — the way I see it

Photojournalism is a serious form of storytelling that has an immediate as well as lasting impact on the ground situation. A frame can shake...

A Uniform Civil Code?

In India there is a criminal code that is equally applicable to all, irrespective of religion, caste, domicile, etc. However, a similar code for...

Annie Besant, SP College, and why Dogras, elite Muslims & Pandits discouraged education of Kashmiri Muslims

Dr Ashraf Shah Kashmiri The Sri Pratap (SP) College in Srinagar was established in 1905 by Annie Besant. Professor Prof Muree, an Irish educationist, was...

Tosa Maidan: once a dense thicket, now denuded

Sahil Bashir Tosa Maidan is a high-altitude landscape of undulating meadows and is made of three prominent meadows: Pathra, Guttemarg and Badshamarg. It is nestled...

EVALUATING SCIENTISM: Is science the only way to truth?

MUGEES UL KAISAR The splendour of science and scientific achievements has cast its spell on modern civilisation, penetrating its way deep into the mind. The...

Post harvest management vital for farmers’ income

Dr. Tasneem Mubarak Agriculture technologies are production and quality centric. We have a number of technologies for production to meet present and future demand. However,...

Subject: Online exams for B.Ed distance education

Mudasir Ali To the Directorate of Distance Education, We the students of B.Ed distance education batch of 2018 have been pursuing this course for the last...

Your Culture is Your Identity

Umaer Manzoor We all can see and foresee the vanishing of our Kashmiri language and culture. We all have been brought up in an imported...

Think Different

Umar Afzal Dar Live by design, not by default. Do not make your mind a dumping ground for someone else’s trash. Life goes on! Be it up...

Indian Muslims at a Crossroads

Muslims in India are facing an existential crisis after 73 years of independence, but the issue to ponder is whether the community should blame...

Food Security in India: An Analysis

Bisma Ahad India achieved self-sufficiency in food grains in the 1970s. It has consistently been able to provide enough food for its entire population since...

The blessings of mother nature

Azhar Yousuf and Aruba Qayoom The human race is destroying precious natural resources in the name of development and technology. Forest land is being grabbed...

Kashmiri Mystic Poetry: Some Recurring Themes

MUGEES UL KAISAR This is an attempt to present a brief introduction to some of the most important recurring themes in Kashmiri mystic poetry. Before...

A Virtuoso in Life: Dr Rahat Indori

Wamick Hussain Dr Rahatullah Qureshi, famously known as Rahat Indori (Rahat being the pen name) was a lyricist, a fearless Urdu poet, a professor, and...

From Turmoil to Suicide: The Conflict Within

Ulfat Riyaz As per the Human Rights Commission of India, suicides have claimed the second-highest number of lives in Jammu & Kashmir after militancy. It...

The Joining of Hindu and Muslim in Kashmiri Sufism

Javed Beigh Sufism in Kashmir valley is something that is integrated with the soul of its people and has guided the people of Kashmir through...

Depression – A Silent Killer

“Depression is not what happens to us. It’s our response to what happens. And the response is something we can choose” Qamr u Nisa Everyone feels...

‘Humanity is everything for me and I have not forgotten my roots’

Prerna SM Jain Udit Narayan’s is a voice that needs no recognition. It is as familiar as one’s own voice for every Indian who has...

Beautiful Twin Lakes Tarsar & Marsar

Tarsar is an alpine lake changing its colours throughout the day while Marsar has a mysterious, forbidding quality to it BASIT HASSAN The 16th-century Kashmiri ruler...

Private schools as the greedy face of capitalism

UBAID BUKHARI Marxism may be flawed, and a communist society a failure, but there is no denying the fact that the critique of capitalism remains...

India’s shift to militarism to counter China’s revanchist power

Tahir Bhat The biggest strategic challenge facing India today is ‘systemic’. India is trying to figure out its position in the contemporary international system, because...

Having a daughter doesn’t make a man decent

Peer Shaista Shakeel Having a daughter doesn’t make a man decent, having a wife doesn’t make a man decent; treating people with dignity and respect...

Covid-19: Myth of ‘immunity boosters’

Neither Vitamin C nor zinc nor any food boosts immunity; only exercise does Saadat Tansur Since the coronavirus pandemic struck, recovery in most cases has largely...

Article 370 and Supreme Court

Tajamul Islam Taking such a step as abrogating J&K's special status and turning it into a union territory was not possible without the suppression of...

Article 370 & Kashmiri Women

Limya Mahajan Liberty should encompass all aspects, whether political or economic. The structure of liberty is a double helix: one strand -- political freedom --...

August 13: International Left-Handers Day

Left is Right! Amit Singh Kushwaha "Yes, I am left-handed!”. My unconscious mind prefers to do any work with the left hand. Sometimes, people wonder when...

The freedom that flourishes in the poetry of Habba Khatoon and Sarojini Naidu

Bintul Islam is doing her research on a comparative study of the poetry of Habba Khatoon and Sarojini Naidu. "I have chosen this topic...

Engaging our youth in productive occupations

Dr Tasneem Mubarak 12th of August is celebrated as International Youth Day every year since the UN General Assembly endorsed the recommendation that came out...

Pregnancy in the pandemic

Asyia Qadir Pregnant women may easily fall prey to the Covid-19 pandemic because their immune system is already in strain. During pregnancy a woman undergoes...

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