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Mountains of Banihal

Arfat Wani More than 50 million people visit mountains each year around the world. Many mountain towns depend solely on tourists to earn a living....

Beware, ye Muslims, of the misleading ways of Liberalism

Mugees ul Kaisar Modernist Muslims who cut themselves off from tradition, thinking that with the passage of time we develop better understanding of things, are...

Polytechnic education plagued with problems in J&K

The intake capacity of seats in polytechnic programmes should be reduced in both government as well as private colleges, while the Lateral Entry quota...

Jammuites being looted with Toll Plazas

Ivkar Hussain Malik The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) recently started the Lakhhanpur toll plaza in district Kathua on Pathankot-Jammu National Highway 44. Now...

Kargil Vijay Diwas: Defence modernisation, operational preparedness at new levels

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Every year, young officers pass out of Indian Military academy with Chetwood Motto “The safety honour and welfare of the country comes...

Time to Assess Our Moral Character

Haseeb Qureshi Character. We know it when we see it. Maybe, more importantly, we know it when it is missing. Good and bad character both...

A Narrow World of Nationalists

Shabeer Rather In 1960, sociologist Daniel Bell argued that centuries of ideological debates were coming to a close. The end of tyrannical communism and rise...

The hullaballoo over Hagia Sophia

Outrage over the reconversion of the building to a mosque stems from the historical hurt that conservative Christians, masquerading as clones of liberalism, still...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones:

J. Joubert Book buying is a passion. Academicians and students love to buy books. They have a natural propensity towards book buying. Whether we read...

An Open Letter to the Grand Mufti of Jammu & Kashmir

Esteemed Sir Asalamu Alykum Hope my words find you in the best of health. I feel it my utmost duty to write to you that our...

The feminism in Islam

Zubair Rashid Women in Islam are thought to be subjugated, degraded, oppressed – but are they really? Are millions of Muslims simply that oppressive or...

The kind of professor we need in Kashmir

Muzamil Rashid I had no guidance related to studies here in Kashmir after I passed 10+2 with PCB subjects, and then did a Bachelors from...

Re-Emerging India-China Border Tensions

Bhat Mukhtar & Mubashir Shah In International relations there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. Peace is a pre-requisite for development of any county/region....

Still in thrall to those storytellers

Mushtaq Hurra Storytelling has been an age-old way of transmitting knowledge from one person to another and from one generation to another. It is still...

The night of the encounter

Ummar Jamal On the afternoon of 11th July, my father asked me to carry my nephew back to his home. He had come to our...

Why does no one care for Khumani Chowk Bemina ?

SHAMIM HUSSAINI On behalf of the people of Khumani Chowk Bemina, I would like to ask the district administration Budgam what they have done –...

Dialogue between an Islamist and a Post-Islamist

The resonance that one discovers, though with much intellectual labour, between Dr Israr Ahmad’s advocacy of the Islamic state and Javed Ahmad Ghamidi’s blunt...

Kashmiri youth must move from violence to peace

Sajad Farooq Rather If we believe that not all is lost in Kashmir, then it is important to find ways of bringing some peace and...

Mesmirising Beauty of Kousarnag

Mushtaq Ahmad Butt The famous lake of Kousarnag is situated amid the Pir Panjal range in the twin districts of south Kashmir, Kulgam and Shopian,...

Humpora: A Waterless Village

Aaqib Naseem When Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s sailor in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” searched for a tumbler full of water to quench his thirst,...

RAVEENA TANDON ON LOCKDOWN & FAMILY

Prerna SM Jain Raveena Tandon is an actor who requires no introduction. One recognises her all too well for her role in the ’90s comedy...

The Big Fat Kashmiri Wedding is a Disgrace

Mariya Younis Wedding is the pious ceremony where two souls unite in marriage. It is a symbol of love and commitment, a special and unique...

Libya Conflict: Sirte-Jufra will be a Flashpoint

Manish Rai Turks are increasing their military involvement in Libya with each passing day in support of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) led...

July 13, 1931: A History of Martyrs’ Day

Dr Ashraf Zain ul Abideen Martyrs’ Day commemorates the 22 Kashmiris killed by forces of the Dogra king of Jammu and Kashmir on July 13,...

Black his only colour, but the world his oyster

Shah Hussain All of us have our share of troubles but the mere thought of losing our eyesight can leave us feeling paralysed. However, there...

Education of Girls essential for progress of Jammu & Kashmir

Abid Hussain Rather The importance of education has been emphasised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which declares right to education as a...

No false alarm, this coronavirus

PEER SHAISTA SHAKEEL A spark neglected burns the house. That is what we must remember right now. There was a time when people of Kashmir...

Community classes and open gardens, really

AHMAD KASHMIRI While doctors and health experts have sounded the alarm over worsening Covid-19 situation in Jammu and Kashmir, common people are caught between the...

Basant Rath’s popularity in Kashmir

Rayees Ahmad Kumar One could love him or hate him for his flamboyant style and aggressive enforcing of traffic rules in Jammu & Kashmir, but...

Book Review

Book: Bikhre Rang Author: Dr Aqeela (Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic, BGSB University, Rajouri) Publisher: Educational Publishing House, New Delhi Publishing Year: 2020 ISBN: 978-93-89733-92-1 Pages: 141 Dr Ashraf Amin We...

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