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Money, health, family and happiness

Bullets, blood, burnt human bodies, destroyed cities and countries ended the World War 2. It was only after a world war that Homo sapiens...

What do the forests bear? Soil, water and pure air

Remembering the Chipko Movement and legacy of people’s efforts for forest conservation Chipko movement was not some instantaneous movement which by chance was led by...

Vocational Education in the light of NEP 2020

Education is the key to achieving full human potential. Access to quality education is the solution for continued growth in economy, social justice and...

An emotional roller-coaster towards death

Book Review Title: ‘The Book Thief’ Author: Markus Frank Zusak Genre: Fiction Pages: 584   ‘The Book Thief’ – one can easily be attracted by the title – is an...

The UN ‘List of Shame’: Equating between the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim

“We regret we failed to protect you.” This was part of a statement issued by United Nations human rights experts on July 14, urging...

Can ICJ ruling pave the way for Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar from Bangladesh?

According to academics and rights campaigners, the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling has opened up fresh opportunities for the international community to put...

Need for modern interpretation of Muslim Personal Law

Muslim Personal Law is a set of Islamic injections given in the Quran explaining the ways and means of sharing property inherited by Muslims...

The hard life, and tender hopes, of a mother and son

My mother is sitting in the kitchen waiting for me to come back from the examination center where I am writing exams for my...

Mantric Language: To name is to know the nature of a thing, to touch its essence

Mantra is the original form of all language, the original language from which all others derive. Mantric language, to define it succinctly, is language...

Fate of a Writer

When I first took pen in my hand for writing a book, everyone in the house frowned. The reason was obvious. I was treading...

Rural Tourism: A step towards sustainable development

Tourism is the fastest growing industry across the globe. My teacher, Dr Riyaz Ahmad Qureshi, Professor at Department of Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Studies,...

Hello, dear ‘firstborn’

Your ordinal position in the birth order has everything to do not only with your place in the family but with how you’ve been...

Beyond Human Perception

We cannot catch a rainbow, reach the horizons, touch the sky or bring down the moon and stars. Dreams fade away when we wake...

‘HINDU-MUSLIM’: Written by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in Urdu as ‘Hindu Aur Musalman Mai Irtibaat’

As much as the social behaviour, mutual love, and relationships between Hindus and Muslims keep developing positively, it looks pleasing. Even the Aryan races...

The Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant that is taking on the West

The G7 summit in Elmau, Germany, June 26-28, and the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, two days later, were practically useless in terms of...

Strategic significance of Indian Army Chief’s Bangladesh visit

Dr Arpita Hazarika The chief of army staff of India, General Manoj Pande, completed his Bangladesh visit recently (from July 18 to July 20) as...

Bolstering Bangladesh-northeast India ties

Dr Abantika Kumari India and Bangladesh share a 4096-kilometer international boundary, nearly 1880 km of which is with India's North-eastern Region (NER), which has a...

Rizq: Predestined by God

“While I was heading to the masjid in Basra, a very gruffly and rude looking Bedouin approached me,” said Al-Asma’i, one of the early...

Worsening Chaos: Israel’s Political Instability is Now the Norm

The collapse of the short-lived Israeli government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid validates the argument that the political crisis in Israel was not...

‘Problematic smartphone addiction’: A new, dangerous phenomenon

The Webster dictionary defines the word ‘addiction’ as a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behaviour, or activity that has...

15 Years: Myths and Facts about the Israeli Siege on Gaza

Fifteen years have passed since Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip, subjecting nearly two million Palestinians to one of the longest...

‘CIVILISED’

Written by Sir Syed in Urdu: ‘Mohazib Quomon Ki Paeravi’ A child follows his senior fellows; less intelligent people follow those they consider more intelligent;...

Of Democracy and Despotism

Tyranny and breach of law is to a despotic regime what liberty and rule of law is to democracy. Dictatorial regimes elsewhere in the world...

An open letter to His Excellency, LG J&K, on the crisis of employment

I am addressing His Excellency with the hope that he will not ignore what I have to say. I have a question, sir: are...

Do you make, or break, someone?

We humans feel proud to call ourselves “Ashraful makhlooqat”: the crown of creation. But why we are given this title and do we deserve...

Benefits of Green Chilli

Nature has bestowed us with pure and healthy food in different forms. Every living creature consumes food, from simple to complex forms. Some consume...

Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution

This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires...

Growth Inhibitors in Our Educational System

Man is a social animal. He constitutes family and kinship as well as lives in community and society as an inalienable part to each....

Removing the blame from the blessed name

Islam is the religion of peace and mercy, with Rasul Allah being an exemplary figure of this peaceful mission and representing it through his...

Private schools are better but government schools are best

Schools are buildings that are made up of thousands of hopes. From them emerge doctors, lecturers, authors, and many more. From my point of...

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