Translation of an Arabic story for children Uncle Sabir was a farmer having lots of land which he tended with hard work and care. Every morning he would wake up early so that he could start his work. He would be assisted by his son Ajlan in his work. He had two bulls whom he […]
Economy, hunger, drought, poverty challenges for the Taliban While world leaders and international organizations are eagerly awaiting for the chicken to hatch from the Taliban’s government, the Taliban have begun to implement the Islamic Sharia to govern the nation — a harsh interpretation of Islamic law. The stakeholder countries, including China, Iran, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, […]
The world has not yet recovered from the shock of the quick collapse of Ashraf Ghani’s regime and capitulation of the Afghan National Army (ANA) even though it had the most advanced military equipment besides the support of the US forces and of NATO allies who were still in Afghanistan. A comparison is being drawn […]
The faint and diffused rays of a cheerless September sun touched the tops of the sobbing Chinars underneath which the body of the tallest of all the Kashmiris, Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, lay in state on September 8th 1982. The time to bid farewell to the titan of Kashmir’s struggle against autocracy, a tolerant Kashmiri […]
Living beings need shelters to live in. Human beings live in houses, wild animals in dens, birds in nests, and domestic animals in sheds. The place where horses are kept is called a stable. Humans live almost in all the parts of the world, in different geographical and climatic conditions. Their traditions, physical appearance, dress […]
On the 5th of August 2019, the BJP government led by Narendra Modi stripped Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood by revoking Article 370 of the Indian Constitution which granted the state a special status within the Indian Union. Although official government sources argue that this move is aimed towards boosting the economy of Jammu and Kashmir […]
Agriculture is the cultivation of land, whether by traditional means or with modern technology. Cultivating the soil can be not just to produce crops but also to provide fodder for domestication of animals and pastoral farming. The agricultural processes of a region are directly influenced by its physical environmental conditions (temperature, precipitation, terrain, soil, etc.) […]
To, Mr Ayaz Aziz Wani Sopore My dear dear Sir, Let me start by quoting Emily Dickinson: “I could bring You Jewels—had I a mind to— But You have enough—of those— I could bring You Odors from St. Domingo— Colors—from Vera Cruz— Berries of the Bahamas—have I— But this little Blaze Flickering to itself—in the […]
After fighting a long war with his enemies, the lion Talhan could establish his government in the jungle. One day he invited all the animals of the jungle so that he could address them and also explain the rules of his politics to them. The animals of the forest gathered to listen to their new […]
Syed Ali Geelani was born on September 29, 1929, to Syed Peer Shah Geelani of Zoori Munz village in Tehsil Bandipora which then formed a part of Baramulla district. Geelani received his preliminary education at Sopore, and finished his studies at the Oriental College, Lahore (Pakistan). Geelani spent his boyhood in the headquarters of Plebiscite […]