Nadeem Khaliq
Unsolicited and unwanted acts of a sexual nature, also known as “eve-teasing”, are not a new phenomenon in India. Sexual harassment is rooted...
‘O you who have believed, avoid assumptions. And do not spy or backbite each other.’
The Holy Qur’an
Bisma Shafi Bhat
The above mentioned ‘ayah’ refers to...
Mohmad Maqbool Waggy
Hagia Sophia (Aaya Sofia in Turkish) is located in Istanbul's heart and means ‘divine wisdom’. It was initially established as an Eastern...
Tawseef Ahmad Mir
Kashmir is undoubtedly dotted with numerous picturesque places across its length and breadth. From vast green pastures and magnificent snow-capped mountain ranges...
Dr Subhash Gupta
Even though preventable, viral hepatitis is still the second major infectious disease in the world after TB. Worldwide, 9 out of 10...
Hilal Lone
Political ideology of the leadership of a country depends upon the aspirations of the people and their religious, cultural, economic and regional background....
As illegal Jewish settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied city of Al Khalil (Hebron), the people of the Palestinian city...
We might be spending hefty amounts in decorating and building mosques, sacrificing costly animals on Eid; we visit graveyards on Eid and remember our...
Khubaib Mujtaba
In a paradox, the literal meaning is never the true meaning. Understanding only the surface meaning of a paradox is to misunderstand the...
BASIT HASSAN
Forests have a significance not only for the environment but as the 14th-century Sufi saint and poet Sheikh Noor-ud-Din said, “Ann poshi teli...
Binish Qadri
The balanced-growth model assumes all economic variables growing at a similar rate. On the other hand, the unbalanced-growth model assumes all economic variables...
The backlash is coming not from 'extremists' but nationalists who were made to believe all Hindus are their enemies
Ubaid Bukhari
Not everything can be negative...
JAUHAR RAFEEQ
The arrival of the novel coronavirus in India shut down educational institutes across the country. On March 16, we at Sher-i-Kashmir University of...
Rayees Ahmad Kumar
"Life is the most difficult exam.
Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realising that everyone has a different question...
Mohmad Maqbool Waggy
Hamlet is contemplating suicide. Not in grief or mystification, but with astounding lucidity and logic. He has lost his father and is...
Modern drugs must be handled by professionals specifically trained for the purpose and not by me-too Medical Assistants
Imtiyaz Ahmad
Mr Altaf Bukhari, a businessman turned...
While logical analysis of a situation may lead the intellect to despair, the potential for social and political revolutions and transformations must keep us...
Mugees ul Kaisar
Modernist Muslims who cut themselves off from tradition, thinking that with the passage of time we develop better understanding of things, are...
The intake capacity of seats in polytechnic programmes should be reduced in both government as well as private colleges, while the Lateral Entry quota...