When the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001, it was believed that the organisation with its ideology was buried forever. It was dreamed, then, that Afghanistan will be refurbished, restructured and redesigned on the model of western “democratic values”. The “War on Terror” yielded nothing (Joe Biden accepted, although indirectly) but chaos, destruction, violence, abuses […]
Sports and games have always been of importance at the national, regional or international level, but many among us consider playing them as being disorderly and non-serious in life. Since my childhood I have held sports as the top priority of my life. For me, being into sports is a blessing and benediction. But there […]
The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at co-opting Africa’s largest political institution. Why is Israel so keen on penetrating Africa? What made African countries finally succumb to Israeli pressure and lobbying? To […]
Every odd day we get to hear news about someone being dead either by consuming some poisonous substance or by jumping into a nearby stream. The latest death is of a 17-year-old girl from Kulgam who ended her life by jumping into the Aharbal Waterfall. The tragic and sudden rise in suicides among the people […]
The Quranic philosophy of nature urges man to not live in the world as the conqueror of things but to live with plants, animals and all other forms of life with love, respect and magnanimity Wherever we come across a reflective passage in the Holy Quran, Allah is either asking us to think and ponder […]
A unique but critical conversation on Israel and Palestine is taking place outside the traditional discourse of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian quest for liberation. It is an awkward and difficult – but overdue – discussion concerning American Jews’ relation to Israel and their commitment to its Zionist ideology. For many years, Israel has conveniently […]
On Saturday, soon after police arrested Ashiq Mir, one of the associates of Shahid Imran who runs the social media page ‘Kashmir Crown’ — in connection with a case of extortion under Section 383 of IPC, social media journalism has become talk of the town. It has previously been targeted with charges of inauthenticity and […]
The sixth assessment report, ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’, recently released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been described as “Code Red” for humanity by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The climate report has presented some scary findings, such as 1.5°C warming as inescapable even in the best case scenario. […]
The global conversation on mental health has grown. Mental well-being is now considered just as important as physical well-being. Not just professionals, but even ordinary people, particularly Generation Z, have begun to think about this issue. So, now is the moment to talk about mental ailments that are not generally talked about. Very few people […]
This book has been written by Kashmiri writer Bisma Altaf. It talks about the violence which women face in patriarchal society. Gender-based violence includes domestic violence, which is often considered as belonging to the personal sphere, in which men enjoy impunity. Many feminists have come to the realisation that it is not personal, but political. […]