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Char Chinari: Jewel Crowns of Dal Lake

Farooq Ahmad, a resident of downtown Srinagar, is fond of old Bollywood songs. These songs filmed in Kashmir valley feature legendary Bollywood stars like...

Inspire Awards: Encouraging innovation

Increase in population is directly proportional to increase in day-to-day demands. These range from a needle to giant space rockets, a toy to large...

Can Israel Exist without America: Numbers Speak of a Changing Reality

When Russian and Ukrainian delegations meeting in Turkey on March 29 reached an initial understanding regarding a list of countries that could serve as...

Why human beings are the noblest creatures

God has created uncountable creatures in the universe but human beings have been titled as the noblest of all (Ashraf Ul Makhlookat). This nobility...

Miseries of the ‘academic arrangement’ system in J&K

An open letter to Shri Rohit Kansal (IAS), Honourable Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, J&K Esteemed Sir, Despite knowing that your noble self is...

Nothing but submission to Allah

A Muslim is not free to do what he wants once he has chosen Allah and his Illah (the supreme master). He submits to...

Communal Riots: Most terrible disaster

Communalism in a broad sense is allegiance to one's own community. Communal violence or riots happen when a clash between two different communities arises...

J&K needs its own National Law University

In the year 2018, the people of J&K, especially law students, were overjoyed when under the PDP-BJP coalition government, The J&K National Law University...

Wisdoms of Ramadan

‘Ramadan is like the rain. It nourishes the seeds of good deeds’ —Unknown The word Ramadan originally meant the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar,...

Amid communal flare-ups, Karnataka temple keeps alive syncretic tradition of reciting Quran

Striking a note of harmony, amidst the recent flare-up of communal issues in Karnataka, the historic Chennakeshava temple at Belur in Hassan district kick-started...

If only the West could emulate the peace initiatives of Muhammad (SAW)!

The contemporary world is in a crisis of the worst kind. The absence of harmony among the individuals of a society is reflected in...

Spring Saga

Winter is dead. Spring killed it by a kiss of sizzling sunshine. A season of colourful flowers, butterflies, singing birds, and honeybees has claimed...

Is Europe really more civilised?

When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media...

Legal Eagle: Why the Pakistan Supreme Court turned the clock back

It is a high-pitched reminder that it is always the State that is subservient to the Constitution and not the other way round Setting a...

Ramadan: The Month of Self-Purification

The purpose of fasting is not only about being hungry and thirsty but to adopt piety and righteousness through it When a Muslim hears the...

On Devlin’s Death of Mathematics

We may choose to embrace the technology of our times and do away with pen and paper. But then, we need to gauge the...

The damaged lives of children in conflict zones

The ongoing invasion on Ukraine by Russia and the continuing use of force on different illegally occupied regions of the world has exposed children...

Spring is in the air

Through the withered carcasses of the trees, which have been rendered lifeless and colourless by winter, a fresh life emerges. The earth is covered...

Exports growing, but so is dependency on imported edible oils

India has achieved a milestone in exports with $418 billion in the 2021-22 fiscal, crossing $400 billion for the first time in history. This...

From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO’s Neverending Wars

Much has been said and written about media bias and double standards in the West’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war, when compared with other...

The Nilamatapurāna as Kashmir’s link with north India

The Nilamatapurāna is one of the Purānas written with the endeavour to Brahmanise the Kashmiri society and to connect the land of Kashmir with...

The absolute necessity of cancer awareness

Cancer is a global burden and as per latest GLOBOCAN 2020 report, over 19.3 million new cases and 10 million deaths occurred in 2020....

Self-medication: A step towards self-destruction

Nowadays there are millions of medicines being manufactured for patients with different ailments. Self-medication is okay for many of us. It is just a...

Distressed Academic Atmosphere

Being associated with the teaching fraternity, it is indeed very unfortunate to come to know about a serious scuffle between two senior professors at...

Gaza Without Water

“The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night. The moment such...

Taqwa: The heavenly water of life

Taqwa is derived from wiqaya, which means self-defence and avoidance. Sufis define it as protecting oneself from God’s punishment by obeying His commands and...

War Weary Somalia

In places like Somalia, the United States turned to a different playbook: of spies, special operation raids, and drone strikes. Now, this playbook is...

Ramadan: The month of empathy and self-awakening

Fasting in one form or the other does exist in almost all the religions. However, fasting or ‘Roza’ as practiced by Muslims is an...

The goodness that comes from believing in God

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (1925-2021) was an Indian Islamic scholar born in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. He was best known for his commentary on the Quran...

Time’s Up For Imran Khan

When Imran Khan was in the opposition, he told journalist Hamid Mir on a live talkshow on Pakistan’s popular channel Geo TV that Pakistan...

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