I picked up 1984 by George Orwell and began to read it. The story is set in fictionalised Oceania, which is under a totalitarian regime in which the party’s leader, Big Brother, monitors people’s every movement and even scrutinises their thoughts. He has installed telescreens at every place to watch over the masses. The regime […]
Every human being, of whatever origin, whatever station, deserves respect Life is all about making choices. Whatever I am today, or whatever I was in the past or whoever I’ll be in the future, it all pivots on each point t which I decided what to be. Everyday as I go outside I witness most […]
The message it communicates is clear: American lives are more important than Afghan lives, and American sorrow looms larger than Afghan grief President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order for unfreezing of $7 billion of Afghan Central Bank funds held in the United States, releasing $3.5 billion for humanitarian and other aid in Afghanistan, […]
When Nelson Mandela was freed from his Robben Island prison on February 11, 1991, my family, friends and neighbors followed the event with keen interest as they gathered in the living room of my old home in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. This emotional event took place years before Mandela uttered his […]
Kashmiri language, commonly known as ‘Koshur’, belongs to the Dardic subgroup of Indo-Aryan languages. The language is primarily spoken in Jammu and Kashmir and some neighbouring regions. It is spoken by more than 70 lakh people. In this digital era, where most of the information is stored online, Kashmiri language lags behind in creating an […]
The term “malware” has been derived from “malicious software” and, in essence, is a piece of code or statements (in terms of computer programming language) that has been purposefully framed or designed by its developers to meet their interests or to execute any illicit purpose. As far as this digital era is concerned, where we […]
The oldest spice in the world is coriander. It has been used for around 7,000 years and it originated in Italy. It is a plant of which both leaves and fruit (seeds) are used on daily basis in food or even in medicine. Coriander or cilantro is locally known as Dhaniya in India and Daniwal […]
Masood Al Hassan Samoon, a living legend from Gurez Shina is the language of the Dards living in the valley of Gurez Tulail. It is language which could not be written or read until a few years ago. The migration of Gurezis to other parts of Kashmir had put the Shina language in jeopardy as […]
Turkey has retained a military presence in northern Syria, after it launched its first border operation in 2016. It was in August 2016, when Turkey first launched Operation Euphrates Shield to fight Islamic State near Turkey’s border, and prevent Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from advancing further westward. Turkey completed Euphrates Shield after capturing the city […]
Years ago, Molana Mushtaq Ahmad Khan Sahab gifted me a book, ‘Moie Muqaddas Ki Azmat’ – ‘The grandeur of Prophet’s (Pbuh) sacred hair’, to read. The language, presentation, the art of explaining intricate things lucidly, and frequent mention of Quranic verses and Ahadith to authenticate every point, impressed me profoundly. I became eager to know […]