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Remembering those who left us on purpose

A reminder that we are all suffering in our own ways. Everyone is going through dreadful things and we all are pretending to be...

The Tamil boy who married Science

Only one of his friends, TN Sheshan, used to call him by his full name: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. Later he acquired the...

Lessons from Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’

By its name, the book sounds like a war strategy book, but it is not so. Anything that brings chaos or causes problems is...

Digital Addiction: An ignored malady

Spending too much time on internet or a smart phone leads to a loss of concentration, which in turn leads to a weakened memory It...

Internet: The Silk Road of the 21st Century

“We think of globalisation as a uniquely modern phenomenon; yet 2,000 years ago, too, it was a fact of life, one that presented opportunities,...

Lesson of Humanity: Unity in Diversity

Unity prevents oppression, and the nation which has unity will never ever be under the feet of oppressors. However, people keep judging each other...

Symbolic but Significant: The US investigation into Palestinian-American journalist Abu Akleh’s murder

The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu...

The death of my mamu

We all belong to Allah, and truly, we shall return to him, but the way you left us, mamu, I was not in a...

The Blessing that are Parents

Life is like a journey in which we enjoy ourselves but at the same time we lack the comfort that we are accustomed to...

A new assistive device for the visually impaired

This AI-based system offers a simple electronic guidance embedded vision system which is configurable and efficient The human eye is a marvel of biological engineering....

Liberating Africa from Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations with the West

Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in...

Conventional Bypass Vs Natural Bypass

Non-invasive Natural Bypass technique can treat various heart conditions Due to changing lifestyle, people often miss out on taking care of their health, as a...

The Fall of the Apple (Industry)

The elasticity of demand has led to problems of price instability in agriculture, whenever either supply or demand shifts in the short-term. Taking instance...

Kathua Case: How the Supreme Court exorcised the ghost of juvenility

The Supreme Court of India has delivered a decisive verdict on the juvenility of one of the accused in the appalling Kathua rape-murder case....

Centuries-old Manuscripts and Published Books in My Ancestral Library

These are evidently valuable for our history, but the Allama Iqbal Library of University of Kashmir has not even prepared a catalogue for them It...

The recent Rohingya resolution adopted by the UN offers a glimmer of hope

Since the overwhelming exodus of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh in 2017, the Rohingya problem has gained worldwide attention. To continue housing more than 1.1...

Palestinians are Native Americans: Time to Correct the Language of History

At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on Palestine, a...

J&K economy is demanding change and innovation; is the government ready?

“Different constraints are decisive for different situations, but the most decisive constraint is limited time.” This quote by Gray Becker has come to be...

Women’s welfare is a collective concern

We need to uphold the dignity of every woman Woman – a term very common, name-wise and role-wise, but not much valued. While every Hindu...

Book Review: Patriarchy’s cruel force in Kahlil Gibran’s The Broken Wings

Just as a flower cannot develop without sunlight, so a human being cannot survive without love. Even if a person’s emotions are subject to...

Islamic Stance on ‘Pluralism’

Numerous Quranic verses, as interpreted by many modern scholars, advocate tolerance, coexistence and pluralism Pluralism, in this age of globalisation, has become one of the...

How Lula’s Victory can be Opportunity for Palestine

Palestinians and their supporters are justified in celebrating the election victory of the leftist presidential candidate, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brazil’s runoff...

Inspiring life Lessons from Helen Keller’s The Story of My Life

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880--June 1, 1968) was an American author and educator. She is rightly described as "one of the twentieth century’s...

Europe must stop blaming others for its own crises

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU’s political elite or mainstream media as a rightwing ideologue...

Children’s Day: Our flawed idea of education and the school system

Is the education system too conventional and does a change need to be introduced to facilitate better education in its truest sense? Talent can’t possibly...

Protection and Safeguarding of Child Rights

All the child welfare programmes, legal and constitutional provisions are aimed to save children from violence, exploitation, neglect, deprivation and discrimination. As per United...

England Vs Pakistan today: What we have seen, what we can expect

The T-20 Cricket World Cup 2022 is all set to culminate today, at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The tournament has already sprung many surprises on...

Electricity supply in winter: Will the situation change?

The Power Development Department is installing smart meters for the past few years in the entire union territory, but the target of 100% has...

Legal Aid Defence Counsels (Public Defender System): A Blessing In Disguise For Accused

Free Legal Aid is necessary to obliterate the feeling that “Law grinds the poor and rich men rule the law”– The Law Commission of...

Domestic Violence Against Women: Everything you need to know

A safe and secure household makes a safe and secure community, which eventually builds a secure nation Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that...

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