Mourning the death of any creature is mourning the nature of the world itself — it means not accepting and appreciating the world for what it is “But when the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud” It was a time when I was singing the songs of autumn. Trees were […]
Everyone is waiting for things to get back to the pre-Covid days. Students, their parents, and their teachers are waiting for class work to resume; the wait has been too long. While all the other activities, be it agriculture, manufacturing, trade, tourism, transport or aviation, have suffered heavy losses but the loss to education is […]
It is merely an administrative strategy document that lacks vision for the promotion of the film industry. It is not a film policy but rather a secondary tourism policy. No doubt the film policy of Jammu and Kashmir-2021 after its fanfare launch on August 5 by LG Shri Manoj Sinha in the presence of Bollywood […]
In a promising apple village of district Anantnag, Sirhama, the month of September used to be a busy month. It used to be a month of dreams, aspirations, hope, and the result of months of hard work, the time of harvest. Throughout the year, the harvesting season is cherished and looked upon as a source […]
Mohammad Ahsan Ahsan was known and respected in all the literary circles of Kashmir. Born in 1930 at Para Mohalla Hajin, Ahsan sahib passed away on September 9, 2017, leaving hundreds and thousands of literature lovers mourning the loss. As Ahsan Memorial Foundation is being launched on 9th of September this year at Hajin Bandipora, […]
Translation of an Arabic story for children Uncle Sabir was a farmer having lots of land which he tended with hard work and care. Every morning he would wake up early so that he could start his work. He would be assisted by his son Ajlan in his work. He had two bulls whom he […]
Economy, hunger, drought, poverty challenges for the Taliban While world leaders and international organizations are eagerly awaiting for the chicken to hatch from the Taliban’s government, the Taliban have begun to implement the Islamic Sharia to govern the nation — a harsh interpretation of Islamic law. The stakeholder countries, including China, Iran, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, […]
The world has not yet recovered from the shock of the quick collapse of Ashraf Ghani’s regime and capitulation of the Afghan National Army (ANA) even though it had the most advanced military equipment besides the support of the US forces and of NATO allies who were still in Afghanistan. A comparison is being drawn […]
The faint and diffused rays of a cheerless September sun touched the tops of the sobbing Chinars underneath which the body of the tallest of all the Kashmiris, Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, lay in state on September 8th 1982. The time to bid farewell to the titan of Kashmir’s struggle against autocracy, a tolerant Kashmiri […]
Living beings need shelters to live in. Human beings live in houses, wild animals in dens, birds in nests, and domestic animals in sheds. The place where horses are kept is called a stable. Humans live almost in all the parts of the world, in different geographical and climatic conditions. Their traditions, physical appearance, dress […]