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Counsel for the Indian Judiciary

Ensure fundamental rights, through every means available; the rest will follow on its own The Indian judiciary is overburdened with pending cases while the wheels...

Muhammad (pbuh), the Best of Mankind

Many western scholars and writers have praised the Prophet as the greatest man in history, but still the western society won’t pay heed Allah (swt)...

New Farm Bills: How Do They Affect Us All

India is an agricultural economy with 67% of its population, which equals to 900 million people, dependent on the public distribution system (PDS). The...

The hapless, but hopeful govt school teacher

Questions are often raised as to why a teacher in a government school is a parent in a private school. An impression is being...

Why Constitutional Courts ought to strike down the UP Anti-Conversion Law

Apart from being bad in law, the UP ordinance law is regressively patriarchal in nature Since the promulgation of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful...

Do Not Ignore Your Leftover Watermelon Rind

Loaded with vital vitamins, zinc and amino acids; has considerable health benefits Watermelon is a warm, long-season crop and is now grown in all tropical...

The future of India does not lie elsewhere

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 lays down the path to learning, practising, and building skills and careers that thrive within the country, instead...

Rural Tourism in Kashmir can preserve both nature and culture

Apart from earning foreign exchange, the tourism industry has a bearing on poverty alleviation, employment, income generation, development of the local economy, etc. The...

How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse around Palestine

To understand the meaning and relevance of the Intifada, it has to be viewed as an active political event, constantly generating new meanings, as...

Chillaikalan Begins

21st December every year marks the beginning of Chillaikalan, a spell of forty days of teeth-chattering, bone-chilling cold. In these forty days, across Kashmir...

CHAI NAMA

Chai has become so much associated with our day-to-day life that it has become almost impossible to live without it. The saga of chai...

The marvels that were unique to Kashmir

Zoon Dabb balconies, roofs of bark and mud, Kasaba, Taranga, Pulharu, Putta Hurr – so perfectly were they all suited to our lives The social...

Rajouri Travelogue

It was December 2019. I had planned my roadmap for the year twenty-twenty. The roadmap consisted of numerous objectives and goals. One among them...

Non Performing Assets: A Macroeconomic Concern

The RBI defines “non-performing asset” (NPA) as an asset, including a leased asset, which has ceased to generate income for the bank. An NPA...

Thodi Masti, Thodi Padhai: The Pratham Response to Covid

All educational institutions in Kashmir have been closed since August 2019. The educational institutions were closed immediately after the abrogation of Article 370 and...

Democracy, Secularism, Capitalism All Need Reform

The governance of a country or area, along with the contest between different parties or groups for power, is what we generally take as...

From Prime Educator to Chief Regulator: The Education Department Must Transition With The Times

With a little shift in focus and an alteration in its role, the department with its well-qualified workforce can be turned into a great...

Abbas Prioritises US Ties over Palestinian National Unity

No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud...

Rape as proclamation of conquest and plunder

Rape is unlawful sexual activity, most often involving sexual intercourse, against the will of the victim through force or the threat of force or...

All about heart palpitations

Heart palpitations are sensations of a fast-beating, fluttering or pounding heart. Heart palpitations can be scary, particularly if they happen during the night when...

Amir Rasheed’s Mouj Kasheer Welfare Trust

In Kashmir we have many organisations that are serving humanity. One such is Mouj Kasheer Welfare Trust, run by Amir Rasheed Wani. He is...

In praise of sisters

As per Islam, if one’s parents, especially the father, has passed away and the son is an adult, then the son takes over the...

The Environment in Peril from Clothes and Cosmetics

Last year, a special report was issued by the United Nations stating that the fashion industry is one of the main culprits responsible for...

Why Sheikh Suhrawardi brought ‘Ishraq’ into philosophy

Before getting into the discussion, let me tell you what is “Ishraq”. The word Ishraq is derived from “Sharq” which means East where the...

Islam and terrorism

A terrorist can't be a true Muslim and a true Muslim can't be a terrorist. Islam is a religion of security and peace. When...

O Jerusalema!

Those who dance together, live together Sometimes you are too bogged down by lethargy or feel really unconcerned by the happenings around the world and...

Forest Rights Act in Jammu and Kashmir: Long Overdue, Most Welcome

Forests, having cradled human civilisation and affected its subsequent journey, have always been pivotal in our economies and ecology, but their importance is much...

The Ignominious Indian Media

We live in times when news channels across the globe and especially in India are concerned with everything else but news. They give us...

Hope of a two-state solution gone with the wind

The back-to-back peace agreements signed by Israel with the Gulf Arab countries may be a death knell for the two-state solution The last few months...

The sterling Dr Rafiq Masoodi

The destruction caused by the floods in 2014 is still fresh in our memory. We remember the yeoman’s job done by Akashvani Srinagar and...

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