My maternal grandfather and paternal grandfather were siblings. Maternal grandfather Ghulam-ud-Din Khan sahib was elder and Muhammad Ayyub Khan sahib the younger. My maternal...
Many people may think this topic isn’t even worth considering and maybe somehow they’re right. What’s so great about being a girl? Absolutely nothing....
Lush green coniferous forests providing desired quality of lumber needed for manufacture of beehives, prolific bee breed Apiscerana (Kashmir strain), superior in Apiscerana group...
When Joe Biden was declared the winner in the US elections last November, expectations in Ramallah were high. A Biden Administration, compared to the...
As international aid is dwindling, Bangladesh faces increased challenges in managing this beleaguered community
As of July 2021, only $366 million of the total required,...
Women with PCOS can develop serious health problems, especially if they are overweight. PCOS is also linked to depression and anxiety.
PCOS is a medical...
When the news circulated that Morocco's leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), has been trounced in the latest elections, held in...
Mass awareness, change in socio-cultural attitudes, lifestyle modifications, self-examination, early screening, proper counselling, and on-time treatment are the need of the hour to save...
Al-Masih ad-Dajjal or Dajjal is a fiendish figure in Islamic eschatology masquerading as the promised Messiah. He will appear before the Day of Resurrection....
In light of students at government colleges in Kashmir getting booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly celebrating the victory of Pakistan...
October 27, 2021 (21 years later)
Dear Drama/Sobia,
Starting this letter by copying your style (like you start every letter by some classic verses). Philip Larkin...
Scores of amateur videos recorded on smartphones were uploaded on Facebook where cries of panic-stricken Hindu women, girls and children in Bangladesh were heard....
(Extract from the books “Minhaj-ul-Arifin” (English) and “Sufi Saints of Kashmir Sufi Orders in Kashmir” compiled by Sayid Ashraf Shah)
The real founder of Naqshbandi...
The recent assassination of Rohingya leader Mohammad Mohibullah in broad daylight has raised new issues of security, safety and violence in the squalid refugee...
Extract from the book Qasida Butdah (ode to the scarf) comprising of ten chapters, authored by Hazrat Sharf-ud-Din Al-Busairi (RA) of Egypt 609-694 AH.
The...
Introduction
Application of urea sprays in apple has become a common practice throughout Kashmir valley among apple growers. Since apple isn’t only a livelihood source...
Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay...