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Pause in Modern Life is Cause for Celebration -2

Dr Inamul Bashir Modern life has been put on pause but natural life continues to rumble on, even showing signs of benefiting from the absence...

War is Civilisation

Shahid Akhtar “War is an instrument entirely inefficient towards redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying, losses.” —Thomas Jefferson Before the onset of civilisation, there may have...

The Great Game in Syria

Syrian land is a global battlefield and a testing ground for new bombs and weapons. It is a tangle that has become almost impossible to...

Where is Covid-19 Vaccine

GN Bhat & Dr Nawab John Dar Vaccines train the body’s immune system to fight a disease that it has not encountered before. The first...

DIET should be District Digital Repository

Mohammad Iqbal Bhat Reshaping the education system is the need of hour. The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is prone to crisis. All these...

A Parallel Pandemic of Misinformation

Dr Muhammad Muzamil Viruses are infamous for their morbidity. But despite having such a bad reputation, these tiny creatures can sometimes be very friendly to...

Timeless lessons from a temporary lockdown

Ismat Fathima The mere mention of the words 'halo' or 'crown' creates an aura of wonder in the human mind. But their Greek version, 'Corona',...

The Politics of Coronavirus

Mohd Arif Historian Helen Carr has pointed out that “the practice of quarantine is nothing new.” It was used alongside other measures in the 14th...

Why Muslims have turned into villains in Modi’s India

Syed Suhail Yaqoob There was a time when Bollywood ‘nationalistic’ or ‘patriotic’ movies stereotyped the Muslim male as savage, conservative, and altogether a villain, while...

The tables, they have turned

Nadeem Khurshidi ‘’But we common dogs are proud too, sometimes. They plunder us, outrage us, beat us, kill us; but we have a little pride...

Status of Women in Kashmir Has Improved, But Not Enough

Hurmat Altaf Women in Kashmir have come a long way. In earlier times, women in Kashmir were not given as much importance as men. They...

The world is locked down, but the self is open

Mir Rahi “It is not that we have a short time to live, but we waste a lot of it. Life is long if you...

Raantus: A patriarchal Kashmiri folktale

Aadil Hussain I can't agree with Margaret Halsey when she portrays folklore as a collection of ridiculous notions not held by her; I rather believe...

Not Social Distancing, but Distant Socialising

Suraya Haidar Among various precautions that need to be taken against the novel coronavirus, maintaining “social distance” has been chiefly advised. This has become a...

Survival of the unfittest

Bilal Ahmad Dar Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.  – Carl Sagan The corona pandemic – which defies not only diagnosis but also medication...

Solidarity in the Age of Coronavirus: What the Arabs Must Do

While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help...

A Lesson on Inclusion from the Prophet (SAW)

Dr S Shafiq Ahmed An important aspect of the life of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was his creative leadership. For example, in the year 605 when...

Innocent Russian poplars being slaughtered on false charges in Kashmir

Asyia Qadir Shedding fluffy cotton-like seeds in the spring season, the Female Russian poplar, with botanical name Populus deltoids, is a tree that dots the...

This is time to rediscover life

Dr Shahid Amin Trali The Covid-19 crisis has in some ways proven to be a blessing in disguise. It has shown the many advantages of...

Book Review: Prisoners of Paradise

Arbeena Prisoners of Paradise' is a beautiful novella written by young Kashmiri author Asif Khan. This 120-page love story was published in 2018 by Notion...

Conspiracy Theories on Covid-19

Shabir Ahmad Lone Various conspiracy theories have emerged regarding the origin of Covid-19. On both social media and news channels, such theories are being discussed....

The night that amends

Dr Sheikh Arshid Shab-e-Baraat, the 14th night of the month of Sha'aban of the eighth month of the Islamic calendar, is observed as the night...

In Defence of Poplars

The pollen (in reality, unfertilised seed) of Russian poplar trees is not a health hazard and causes far less allergies than even house dust...

People of all ages must take precautions

Dr Shamweel Ahmad Naqash In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as...

What our educational system failed to achieve in decades, Covid-19 did in just a few days 

Mohammad Ishfaq Mir From the layman's perspective when we think about a civilised society, certain values like egalitarian, personal freedom, justice, integrity, and compassion definitely...

Engage the community in the fight against Covid-19

Sohail Khan From the time the PM announced a nation-wide lockdown due to threat of Covid-19, the people of J&K are religiously following the health...

Covid-19: A Journey from Atheism to Theism

SARTAJ AHMAD SOFI The times we live in are called “post-modern”. It is undoubtedly the age of science and ultra-rationality, the end result of which...

CANDLES OR PPE: WHICH WAS MORE IMPORTANT

AQIB MUSHTAQ We all know Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged people to switch off lights at their homes and in the darkness light...

Do Muslims Have a ‘Fixed Mindset’ Set Against Scientific Thinking

Dr S Shafiq Ahme Divergence in strategies and thoughts about any public issue is natural and welcome. However, the harmful strategies and thoughts need necessary...

Beat the stress of staying at home

Aqib Mushtaq It’s a frightening time in a dangerous world. Some of us are in areas that have already been affected by coronavirus. Others are...

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