Reopening of colleges on odd-even basis: A solution only in name

Reopening of colleges on odd-even basis: A solution only in name

Colleges reopened in Kashmir division from 15th Feb after a long break of 11 months on odd-even basis. It brought cheers on the faces of students and teachers who were missing face-to-face interactions. Though the teaching and learning process has started, it has created chaos as well. Students miss half of the lectures per week […]

If vaccination, why mask and social distancing?

If vaccination, why mask and social distancing?

On 16 January 2021, the world’s biggest vaccination programme against SARS-coV-2 started in India, with healthcare and other frontline workers immunised in the first phase. Now phase three has started and almost 60 million doses have been administered, mostly to frontline workers and people above the age of 60. The new Covid-19 vaccines Covishield and […]

To fail is human

To fail is human

The word ‘Failure’ sounds like a curse. No one wants to fail in life but still we do fail at some stage. Since we were born, we failed most of the time when we started to walk; we fell down, we tumbled, but we did not consider, nor did our parents make us feel, that […]

Nuclear Weapons Blazing: Britain enters the US-China fray

Nuclear Weapons Blazing: Britain enters the US-China fray

Boris Johnson’s March 16 speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, to that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China. The comparison is quite apt if we remember the long-anticipated shift in Britain’s foreign policy and Johnson’s conservative […]

Incidence of heart attack in Kashmir, and preventive measures

Incidence of heart attack in Kashmir, and preventive measures

A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked. The blockage is most often a build-up of fat, cholesterol and other substances which form a plaque in the arteries that feed the heart (coronary arteries). A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, can be fatal, but treatment has improved […]

Violence against women grows because it is allowed

Violence against women grows because it is allowed

Centuries have come and centuries have gone but the plight of women has remained unchanged. Helplessly, women suffer discrimination, oppression, exploitation, degradation, aggression and humiliation. Many forms of violence against women occur, both at home and outside, in the form of rape, domestic violence, dowry violence, honour killings, sexual abuse, etc. Sometimes the violence takes […]

Robbing the innocence of children of Kashmir

Robbing the innocence of children of Kashmir

Childhood is an innocent period of life. A child behaves naturally, without artifice or pretence. He lives his or her life the way he or she wants to live. There are no political loyalties, no social loyalties, no ethical loyalties. But when this sweet period of life becomes a time of tribulations, the innocence of […]

Mr Saif-ud-din Bhat: Teacher, Gardener, Inspiration

Mr Saif-ud-din Bhat: Teacher, Gardener, Inspiration

Saif sahib had a unique and extraordinary style of teaching with an adorable smile Some teachers are remembered for ages to come. One such teacher is Saif-ud-din Bhat sahib, famously known among his students as Saif sahib. He ignited the minds of a large number of students in different hamlets of Lolab. Though he superannuated […]

SHADES OF CONFLICT

SHADES OF CONFLICT

Clouds were hanging low, nearly black. Rain as delicate as silk began to fall. It was not a day like any other. Prayers I sent to heavens had been answered. Maryam, my wife, was in labour room. Lying on a stretcher, she was screaming in pain. A living being is not born without a stern […]

What is Bipolar disorder?

What is Bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder characterised by episodes of significant disturbance in an individual’s mood and activity level. It is marked by periods of sustained mood disturbances. A patient with Bipolar disorder can experience a severe depressive episode, mild-moderate depressive episode, hypomania or mania episode, mixed episode and periods of euthymia (period without mood […]