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India needs to change its approach towards Afghanistan

Since President Biden declared a complete military withdrawal from Afghanistan, regional nations with geostrategic, geo-economic, and security interests have been caught in a bind....

Solid Waste Management: Processes and Equipments

A responsible approach to management of solid waste began in the latter part of the 19th century, when watertight cans were used to collect...

Ice Cream ‘Terrorism’: How Ben & Jerry’s has Exposed Israel’s anti-BDS Strategy

Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts,...

Manufactured Gold Medallists of Our Universities

I had heard that universities tend to liberate students from shackles of rote learning, but I was wrong. Instead, I witnessed an even worse...

Progress or War: On Islamophobia and Europe’s Demographic Shifts

Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit or football. It goes much deeper, reaching sensitive...

The future of Afghanistan depends on lessons learnt from the past

The people of Afghanistan have seen turmoil for the past many decades, either at the hands of foreign powers or because of internal division...

Fatty Liver Disease from Consumption of Soft Drinks

The COVID-19 pandemic has put everything on hold and suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of a major health crisis. While keeping track...

The Quran’s encouragement, not censure, of Critical Thinking

Why would God dislike and abhor critical thinking when He himself has blessed man with this faculty and has time and again insisted on...

What does the nation need – Diamond or Oxygen?

The Madhya Pradesh Government had surveyed the Bundelkhand regions under “Bunder Diamond Project” through Australian company Rio Tinto in 2000-2005 to find out the...

A letter to DC Baramulla from a cricket enthusiast

Respected DC Saab, I hope you will be in good health when this letter reaches your office through the medium of this newspaper. I am...

LAST LESSON

On 16th of December 2014, at about five o’ clock early in the morning, my beloved father, Khazir Mohammad Sofi, breathed his last. To...

Tarazoo holds a lesson in balance

On the day of retirement, the retired person often receives some gifts from friends and relatives. I received a digital weighing machine on my...

Family Separation Law: Israel’s Demographic War on Palestine Intensifies

When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the...

Long Walk to Freedom: Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad’s Jail Experiences

“Give me the maximum punishment that can be awarded without hesitation. I assure you that the pain that your heart will feel while writing...

The Colonial Law of Sedition

The law of sedition has never failed to garner opprobrium from myriad quarters, ever since its enactment in the Indian legal system. Due to...

Go Gurez!

Blessed with nature’s bounty, of lush meadows and alpine forests, the gushing clear water of Kishanganga, and wonderful trekking routes, Gurez, along the ancient...

On the rising suicide cases in Kashmir

Matt Haig once aptly said: “It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety, the sheer continuous...

Qurbani is not charity, not social work

Please avoid silly arguments against the festival, for Eid ul-Azha is perfectly reasonable In human life, festivals are an important societal and recreational element. People...

Life is all about perceptions

Perception is the sensory experience of the world. It involves both recognising environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli. Through the perceptual...

The tribal way of life

Kupwara, a frontier district of J&K, witnesses a huge rush of tourists during summers. People from local areas and other districts rush to the...

These are tough times for tuition/coaching centres; will the govt help?

In these times of Covid-19, as a teacher my aim should be to lift the burden from students and not to put more burdens...

National Education Policy 2020: Perspectives from Undergraduate Faculty

The National Educational Policy (NEP 2020) is all set for implementation in Higher Educational Institutions in the current academic year. The NEP has ambitious...

Know the Leopard, and fear it

Leopards are on the prowl in many districts and are frequently being spotted in apple orchards or near residential areas. Two horrible incidents that...

To live in an empty nest

When children were home, we had many things to do. It now seems there’s nothing to do When children are born, we imagine what they’ll...

End of dynasty politics in Jammu & Kashmir

There is a political buzz going around the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the announcement of elections to form a stable democratic...

The changing political dynamics in Afghanistan

A tediously protracted period of twenty longish years of fighting and combat with US-sponsored NATO war on terror is seemingly coming to a grinding...

The hard, noble life of Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Hamadani (RA)

Hazrat Amir e Kabir Syed Mir Ali Hamdani is at the top of the list of those religious scholars and spiritual guides who spent...

Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in Euro 2020 should not be ‘Controversial’

Another football ‘controversy’ has started when football players participating in the ongoing ‘UEFA Euro 2020’, kneeled down during national anthems to protest racism, a...

THE QURANIC IDEA OF MAN

The Holy Qura’n has in its text many ayats that could be read for understanding the Quranic idea of man. What type of man...

A conversation with Mohammad Muneem ‘Alif’

Happy birthday (belated), Muneem. This conversation took place between us a year or two ago. I am publishing it now with the hope that...

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