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The Fragility of Human Life and Society: Exposed

The modern world economy is characterised by ravaging of natural resources and over-dependence of economies on each other. It is, in the long run,...

Judiciary in Service of the Executive: The Case of the Supreme Court

Younis Ahad The maxim “ubi jus ibi remedium” means that where there is a right, there is a remedy. It is a foundational principle of...

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data as Shield against Coronavirus

Akhtar Nazir & Dr Abrar Ul Haq Wani The medical-scientific response to Covid-19 is analogous to that towards the previous epidemic of SARS but with...

Some rational arguments against the romantic defence of poplar trees

Nadeem Mubarik Citizens of Kashmir have been facing health problems due to the fluffy cotton seeds shed by poplar trees, also known as Russian poplars....

The Butterfly Effect on the Covid Pandemic

Aaniqa Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics focusing on the study of chaos- states of dynamical systems whose apparently random states of disorder and...

Pregnancy: A time to be strong, healthy and wise

Farheen Sabah ‘Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body,...

YAMINI TELKAR

Yamini Telkar has been an accomplished art historian in the Indian art industry and has been engaging with its various facets for the past...

An Artist Loses her Maps in Covid-19 Lockdown

PRERNA SM JAIN The bustling city life has come to a standstill. Empty roads, absence of the daily humdrum, and a prolonged lockdown has created...

The Vale of Kashmir in the Tale of Lalla Rookh

RATHER NASIR Shelly, one of the great romantic poets, said that “Poetry makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world”. He...

Book Review: A superficial crash course on Kashmir

Arshid Aziz Kashmir: Rage and Reason By Gowhar Geelani Rupa Publications Pages: 288 Price: Rs 395 On July 17, 2019, the book ‘Kashmir: Rage and Reason’ by Gowhar Geelani was...

Abdication of Judicial Responsibility in India

NADEEM KHURSHIDI In April 1976, when the Emergency was in place in India, The New York Times in a glorifying article titled ‘Fading Hope in...

The lessonstaught by Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq

NAYEEM IBN AMIN The late Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq’s vision was for a politically stable, educationally enlightened, and united Kashmir. The Mirwaiz is particularly remembered for...

No Master of Philosophy in Kashmir

To, The Honourable Governor Union Territory of J&K Respected Sir, Though a lot has already been written on the issue which I address in this letter, unfortunately nothing...

Untold miseries of a private school teacher

JAVED WANI The coming Eid ul Fitr will be second Eid without salary for most private school teachers in Kashmir. The previous Eid was in...

REFLECTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAMADAN

SHAHZAD HUSSAIN Fasting is not something practised or observed exclusively by Muslims. It is a feature of many religions with varying degrees of content and...

Zakat: The best form of social justice

ZAHID SHABIR Zakat literally means purification. Technically, it is a tax on the wealthy to provide social justice. As one of the pillars of Islam,...

Helping the poor and needy is self-purification

Khursheed Raja The people of the world are not equal. Some live in luxury while some can hardly make two ends meet. Perhaps the majority...

Lailat-ul-Qadr, The Mighty Night

Aufaid Ahmad Wani The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be on him) told us to search for Shab-e-Qadr in the odd numbered nights in...

Lockdown and Normalcy: Two sides of the same coin in Kashmir

Javeed Ahmad Raina Kashmir is under a schizophrenic siege of lockdown as well as normalcy, both imposed by the government. This paradoxical situation of lockdown...

A student’s open letter to the VC, Kashmir University

To The Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir Subject: Online examinations as the way forward in this pandemic Respected Sir, I am a student of Kashmir University (main campus) pursuing the MBA...

The devil dwells in idleness

Farheen Saba All expressions, supplications, the cries of the innocent, the invocations of the sick – ascend to Allah. Hands and eyes automatically extend to...

Nallah Mar – a stream buried alive

Shabir Ibn Noor Most of the old buildings on the left and right of Nallah Mar Road are still telling the story of old Srinagar,...

Leadership is About Tackling Adversity and Also Looking Beyond It

Prakash Javadekar A crisis tests the top leadership of a country in more ways than one. First, when a crisis arrives, immediate response is crucial....

Online Teaching as a Tool of Quality Education

Mohammad Shoaib Many scholars try to glorify the progress of the education sector in India on the basis of numbers. They never mention that the...

Revivalist of the century: Prof Tahir ul-Qadri

Rather Nasir No other scholar has the distinction of having to his credit a thousand publications, five-thousand lectures, and a huge organisation that spans 90...

When a resurrected museum faces mortality again

Prerna SM Jain Tasneem Zakaria Mehta is the Honorary Director and Managing Trustee of the Bhau Daji Lad Museum. The 1872 founded museum had fallen...

The Muslim World revitalised by Resurrection: Ertugrul

Danish Hameed Resurrection: Ertugrul has breathed new life and a fire of resurrection into the Muslim world. This series captivates viewers like an addiction. It...

Remembering Richard Feynman

ZUBAIR AHMAD & SEHRISH AKHTAR “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool” In the world of...

Shab-E-Qadr, The Night of Decree

Gowhar Rashid This Ramadan is very different as we are facing the deadly Covid-19 pandemic and following social isolation rules. It seems disheartening but it...

4G Internet: Both Carrot and Stick

Nadeem Raza Ever wondered why the government keeps on extending the ban on high-speed internet in Kashmir? It is because of our dependence on it....

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