The last few weeks in Kashmir have been thick with rumours and conspiracy theories due to a perception of heightened deployment of security forces in the valley, which has brought back memories of the events that preceded the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution in August 2019. There are now rumours […]
The drastic changes in environmental conditions would surely lead to extinction of a large number of species in a short course of time. Extinction of species is not something new. It has been happening since species came into being. The extinction of old species paves way for new species, a process called Speciation. The new […]
The story mentioned in Surah al-Fil (The Elephant) can be dismissed as myth or understood as history, if the poetry of that period is taken into account The text of the Quran mentions a number of historical incidents about different nations and peoples. There are reflections on what happened to different peoples and nations at […]
Modern man has lost his deep soul due to the unilateral focus on rationalism, which causes dreadful neurosis and existential crisis Dostoyevsky in the west started warning against rational utopianism – converting a human being into a sort of piano key, a computer, a robot – when in fact there were deep “irrationalities” and “supra […]
It’s been long, my friend, since the day we sat and ate together. I still remember the day when I met you, the memory of your beautiful face. Things changed over the past year, but I keep remembering you in everything that I do. I recall those times when we used to sit for hours […]
A conspicuous movement of troops in Kashmir in the past few days has led to widespread rumour mongering. In homes and offices, markets and playgrounds, news media and social networking sites, everywhere discussions are being held and speculations made, not only among the common public but also in high-profile political circles, that something big like […]
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” –Nicolaus Copernicus Knowledge in its true essence is neither any teaching in the conventional sense of the word, nor about filling the empty minds of largely passive students with facts […]
Overwhelmed with a severe headache at around noon, I was rushed to a hospital nearby. Holding my throbbing head in my hands, I was taken to the OPD. Within an hour, after I was treated, my headache got better and was nearly causing me no pain. The doctor told me that I was doing fine. […]
Even a cursory glance at the Israel-Palestine issue will tell a story of betrayal and deceit. It tells us of the implementation of a daring and ambitious plan made by a group of Jews spearheading a movement called Zionism, which preached that Judaism is not just a religion but a nationality, one that deserved a […]
History may repeat itself too soon in Afghanistan. Nearly three decades ago when the last Soviet soldier left the Afghan soil, the events that unfolded then may get replicated exactly with the NATO exit. Afghanistan is famously considered as a graveyard for foreign invaders due to its rocky treacherous terrain that often gives strategic advantage […]