Thank you all for being such sympathetic, dedicated, compassionate, concerned and kind people! On 28th May my mother felt intense pain in the stomach, which was accompanied by vomiting and fever. We rushed to district hospital Baramulla (upgraded to GMC now) and there she was given medication which relieved her pain for an hour, but […]
(Dedicated to the memory of Ghassan Kanafani, an iconic Palestinian leader and engaged intellectual who was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad on July 8, 1972) Years before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, US media introduced many new characters, promoting them as ‘experts’ who helped ratchet up US propaganda, ultimately allowing the US government […]
I would travel miles, explore the world, and even check out what’s beyond the universe. I would probably buy a ticket to the moon, I would swim across the oceans, take a flight and go above the clouds. What won’t I do to find happiness in life? But only if I was sure that’s where […]
Five years after the largest influx of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps, there has been little progress in the international effort with Myanmar to return them to their country of origin. Since none of the 1.1 million Rohingya people could be brought back under the initiative taken by the two neighbours in 2018, Bangladesh repeatedly […]
Farming is a complex, unpredictable and individual business. Our resources are getting depleted, land is shrinking, biodiversity is getting disturbed and environment is increasingly getting toxic. The major challenge in the coming decades is to ensure food and nutritional security for all with limited resources and without disturbing the natural environment further. Incorporation of advanced […]
The most perfect and benevolent person in the world has been Allah’s last messenger, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Before him, the world was in such a state that in the Arabian peninsula, daughters were buried alive. It was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who liberated daughters from such oppression. Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Mutallib bin Hashim […]
On 25th June, our batch went on a visit to the Dachigam National Park as part of field work of Wildlife Sciences course. Our course instructor Dr Khursheed accompanied us. This protected area on the outskirts of Srinagar is home to the last viable population of the threatened stag species: Hangul. The sunny weather was […]
Feminism is a belief that stresses on fair treatment of all the sexes. Fair to mention that it has been widely supported and meters-long processions have been taken out in favour of it. That said, many among the masses often launch an offensive against the very idea of feminism and seem utterly dissatisfied with it. […]
Interstate economic engagement has emerged as a priority strand of modern-era diplomacy. An instructive example is the US-China relationship. Both countries are vying for influence across continents, and yet remain engaged in complex economic interdependence. In 2021, the US and China traded goods and services worth $755 billion. Besides, Beijing has purchased significant US Treasury […]
One of the reasons that Russian media has been completely blocked in the West, along with the unprecedented control and censorship over the Ukraine war narrative, is the fact that western governments simply do not want their public to know that the world is vastly changing. Ignorance might be bliss, arguably in some situations, but […]