Karbala is a metaphor for courage, fortitude, truth telling. The sacrifice of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Hazrat Rasool-e-Akram, the crown prince of the universe, in front of the Yazidi army was not to make Muslims remember this great martyrdom only on the 10th of Muharram! The sacrifice was for Muslims to remember that this […]
A Darvesh holds the reins of time like steed, He brings sun, stars and moon to book with speed. Zarb e Kaleem Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi (November 1923-14 August 2021) whose role in society was multifold passed away in Wangath in Ganderbal district of Kashmir. He was continuing the legacy of Mian Abdullah Abad, his […]
It was beyond the world’s imagination that a day would dawn upon Afghanistan when Kabul falls back to Taliban after protracted bloodshed with the US and NATO forces for twenty years. History is showing again that material and money cannot always fetch victory. Twenty years of warring and military onslaughts have only proved to be […]
Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars. Writing in the conservative rag, The National Review, months before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Goldberg paraphrased a statement which he attributed to Ledeen with reference to the interventionist […]
Afghanistan’s cities are falling like a pack of cards before the Taliban. This rampant capture of cities and districts takes our memories back to the late ’90s when the country was ‘Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’, recognised by only a few countries. The Taliban’s ultra-orthodox way of governance based on strict interpretation of Shariah according to […]
Based on evidence of the plethora of adverse effects of Covid-19, scientific experts and government agencies have been compelled to take into account what the future of pandemics may look like in terms of preparing for any future disease outbreak. To help you comprehend, I’ll go through a brief overview of prior SARS-CoV-2 viral strain […]
The importance of media in today’s age is obvious. With the help of technology, various media have transformed this vast planet into a global village. The media has played the most important role in keeping people informed at all times. However, the problem of present times is not the lack of information but the excess […]
The USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001 intending to drive out the Taliban with the help of the Northern Alliance. Twenty years later, they are pulling out of the country after signing a contract with the Taliban and leaving the Northern Alliance government on their own. Experts are predicting that the puppet government could fall within […]
Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty and hunger”, to “combating lethal diseases” and “reducing child mortality worldwide”, proved to be yet another empty gesture which, unsurprisingly, amounted to little. Even if the architects of the project […]
The constitutional status of being a Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) brings a lot of legal protection against caste-based violence as well 10th of August was marked as a “Black Day” by Dalit Muslim and Dalit Christian communities of India to protest against a Presidential Order passed in 1950 by Dr Rajendra Prasad, […]