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Book Review: An ‘Unputdownable’ Guide to Digital Power: Why ‘Geotechnography’ Deserves Your Attention

Sameer Saran and Anirban Sarma masterfully map AI, statehood, and identity in a world where geography is being rewritten by technology—though their Huntingtonian lens...

Reading In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

Why reading needs our attention again in a world shaped by AI By Jan Mohd Mala A few days ago, I had a glimpse of a...

How Winter ‘Vacations’ In Kashmir Are Stealing Childhood

The season meant for recovery is now an extended classroom, harming health and development. Authorities must regulate exploitative tuition and uphold the spirit and...

Why Are Kashmir’s Students Choosing Coaching Centres Over Classrooms?

An examination of the dummy admission crisis reveals a system failing its teachers and students, reducing schools to mere paperwork hubs. To end dummy...

Is It Time To Log Out? The Growing Call To Protect Minors From Social Media

A blanket ban may be insufficient; instead, a mix of regulation, digital literacy, and community programmes is needed to protect young users By Zahid Ahmad Social...

Architects Of Enlightenment Or Clerical Workers? The Diminishing Role Of The Teacher

When teachers are diverted from mentorship to meetings, they lose moral stature, and society weakens. A collective awakening is needed to honour their true...

The Urgent Need For Reform In Matrimonial Disputes

To prevent tragedies, the writer calls for urgent legal reforms to ensure speedy separations, curb misuse, and establish fully functional Family Courts in every...

Why India’s Banks Hunt Homes But Haggle With Corporates

The article dissects why banks swiftly auction a middle-class home but engage in long negotiations with corporate giants. It blames a mindset that sees...

How The Qur’an Was Preserved Unchanged Across Centuries

A brief history of the Qur’an’s compilation and standardisation from the era of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to Caliph Uthman (RA) By Talhat ul Sidiqa The Qur’an—the...

‘Zaat Kya Chhekh?’: How Caste Keeps Kashmir’s Youth Waiting

Despite Islamic teachings of equality, an obsession with lineage erodes confidence, delays marriages, and forces a painful conflict between faith and culture By Aaqyb Ashraf A...

Beyond Rote Learning: Can AI Unlock A Student-Centred Revolution in Kashmir?

Amid teacher shortages and low literacy, AI-powered adaptive learning offers a path to personalised, multilingual education, aligning with NEP 2020 to overcome geographical and...

Beyond Permissible Limits: What The Egg Debate Reveals About Food Safety In India

The egg controversy is not about cancer panic but about a regulatory system that prioritises feasibility over precaution, allowing what others ban and creating...

Scientific Opinion: Why The Reported Detection Of Nitrofurans In Eggs Demands Immediate Scientific And Regulatory Action

There is no need to panic, but vigilance is essential. Nitrofurans are globally recognised for their carcinogenic potential, and their presence in eggs—if verified—must...

If Gaza Resistance Ends: What History Tells Us About The Palestinian Fate

Only by abandoning the reductionist language that frames Israeli wars as simple responses to armed groups can we arrive at a profound understanding of...

Remembering The First Death Anniversary Of Late Haji Abdul Rashid Ghani

On this solemn occasion, family members, friends, associates, and the broader business and social community of Jammu & Kashmir gathered to commemorate the first...

The Paradox Of Excellence: Great Faculty In Schools, Yet A Boom In Coaching Centres

Er Umair Ul Umar It is one of the strangest contradictions of our time. We have some of the most qualified gazetted teachers posted in...

We Barely Trust Humans, But We Trust The AI We Built Yesterday?

In a digital arms race built on fear, our greatest defence is the ancient human art of cooperation, not blind faith in unpredictable machines Dr...

The Backdoor Epidemic:  How Undermining Merit Is Squandering Kashmir’s Academic Capital

The path to a developed nation begins with stable, dignified jobs for scholars, not backdoor entries for the less qualified Waseem Akhter Dar In a time...

Why Career Counselling Must Begin Before Class 10

To combat influence from parents and peers, students need help discovering their strengths and interests much earlier – turning career choice from a pressured...

Hamsaai Te Rishtedaar Kyah Wannan: A Society Obsessed With Appearance And The Lost Art Of Living Freely

From weddings to schools, this article argues that life lived for the audience of neighbours and relatives creates debt, anxiety, and a communal melancholy...

When Marriage Becomes Burden Not Blessing In Our Society

When marriage becomes a burden of torture, not a bond of trust, society must end its silence, uphold Islamic teachings of compassion, and protect...

The Silent Invasion Of Microplastics

With plastic found from the deepest oceans to human bodies, schools and individuals can drive change through awareness, clean-ups, and simple swaps like reusable...

The Silent Crime In The Exam Hall: How ‘Soft-Hearted’ Invigilators Undermine Education

Cheating persists not because students are clever, but because teachers allow it. This normalisation is a foundational lesson in moral decay with lifelong consequences. Aaqib...

Why Are Heaps Of Despair Everywhere?

By displacing the Creator for creation – chasing jobs, houses, and social approval – we invite despair, and the only cure lies in turning...

₹28,000 A Month, No Title, No Security: The Seven Crises Facing J&K’s Contract Lecturers

Dr Tanveer Ahmed Academic arrangements, initially conceived as a temporary measure to address faculty shortages in Jammu and Kashmir’s higher education system, have now become...

Government Women’s Degree College, Pulwama’s Fight Against Junk Food Epidemic

A pre-experimental study at the college demonstrates that a Structured Teaching Programme can significantly boost adolescent girls' nutritional knowledge, showing that prevention through education...

Why J&K Must Embrace Supreme Court’s Teacher Eligibility Test Mandate

Faced with abysmal enrolment and quality concerns, there is a need to weed out ‘deadwood’ and look to models like Finland to select and...

Why We Must Legislate The Right To Disconnect

Reclaiming time from work is a profound moral and social project essential for creativity, presence, and restoring ‘the human measure’ By Shabeer Ahmad Lone The modern...

Government Teachers’ Daily Struggle For Dignity

From public sarcasm and administrative arrogance to dismissive labels, there is a constant pressure that belies the sacred status afforded to educators across faiths By...

J&K’s Human-Wildlife Conflict Reaches A Tipping Point

The conversion of farmland and shrinking forests create inviting habitats for bears and leopards. To prevent panic and injury, habitat corridors and regulated relocation...

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