The enforced exodus of Rohingyas is a huge challenge to the countries which endorse and profess humanitarian laws. From Myanmar to the borders of different countries, the ill treatment these people are getting is against the principles and guidelines of several conventions regarding refugees. As refugees, Rohingyas must be given all the basic necessities and […]
A few days back, there was a music concert organised at Srinagar’s famous Badam Wari garden complex in Rainawari on the foothills of Hari Parbat. The music concert, which among other performers hosted Kashmir’s famous female singer Shazia Bashir, was suddenly attacked by a group of goons, who were apparently angered by what they perceived […]
A lifelong fan of CID learns from it the trick of eluding judgemental people and staying on track of one’s own interests Hello, CID? Sir, maine hi aapko phone kiya tha Crime is not just a television favourite, of course; books and movies and video games are likewise obsessed. But it is most noticeable on […]
This is a Russian classic and translated into English by CJ Hogarth. I read the Arcturus Publishers edition of 200 pages. Dostoyevsky wrote this book in a month because of the pressure from his publishers to write something. Dostoyevsky being himself addicted to gambling, turned out to be his own inspiration for the book. This […]
Author: Shakoor Rather Publisher: Speaking Tiger Year: 2021 Price: Rs 350 (paperback) It is an art to present conflict before the world in formats people are interested in. Of late, Kashmir has generated a breed of young authors who have successfully penned down accounts highlighting one aspect or other of the long-running conflict in Kashmir. […]
A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on March 19 during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit Dajan, near Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Although tragic, the above news reads like a routine item from occupied Palestine, where shooting and killing unarmed protesters is part […]
Every religion forbids praying for death, so how is it possible for a person to be entitled to suicide due to suffering from hardships, illness and so on? If a person commits suicide, he commits a forbidden act and his punishment will be severe. The Prophet (PBUH) said: Associating partners with Almighty, disobeying one’s parents, […]
An interesting choice Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook his first foreign visit since the beginning of the Covid pandemic to Bangladesh. Indeed, foreign affairs are witnessing a flurry of activities at present. This dynamism is manifested by the renewed interest of the West in cultivating ties with the Indo-Pacific countries. US Secretary of Defence […]
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that “if illiterate and poor women can transform themselves into entrepreneurs, imagine what millions of high school and university graduates around the world, empowered by enormously powerful technology, can do”. The perception of women as mute members in a patriarchal society has begun to change across the world. Such […]
Prejudice can be defined as a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason. Oliver Goldsmith, an Irish poet and essayist, rightly maintained that a prejudiced man was dangerous for the entire society. He liked to call himself a citizen of the world rather than of a particular region. There are a whole lot of […]