“Change your decision; go for any other subject; or prepare for civil services examination,” one of my geology teachers told me when I was selected in Applied Geology for the master’s programme at Kashmir University. Was it my gender or the lack of jobs in Applied Geology in Kashmir which made him say so? The […]
It was in the year 2019 when I got the best news of my life, that I have been selected for PhD. This news left me overjoyed as doing a PhD had been a dream since the time I held the first book in my hand. I remember talking about it with my father, who […]
The abundance of cooking oil options these days can cause confusion as to which oil may be the healthiest. With so many cooking oils out there, it can be difficult to make sense of the latest health guidelines about dietary fat in general. Many consumers are confused about which types of dietary fat experts encourage […]
When it comes to Kashmir, images of verdant slopes, flushing meadows, breath-taking snow-clad mountains, gushing rivers, scrumptious Wazwaan, delectable fruits, etc, flash in the mind. Kashmir’s majestic beauty is without equal because nature has chiselled it with utmost care. Led by the Golden Triangle – Gulmarg, Srinagar and Pahalgam – Kashmir tourism is indescribable in […]
Kashmir has a long list of spectacular sites, but among all these places the caves of Kalaroos have the most mystery. Located in Kalaroos village of Kupwara district, these caves are known to have tunnels that end at Russia. Kalaroos got its name from Qila-e-Roos, that actually means Russian fort. It is believed that the […]
Women have been reduced to subjugation, including sexual slavery and forced reproduction. We don’t have to look far to see women reduced to purely sexual objects – to be used and disposed. You have seen it in the way the Islamic State dealt with Yazidi women.You have seen this in the stories of horror that […]
Election fever is running high in the United States of America and the heat can be felt by the statements emanating from the offices of both the presidential candidates, President Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden who is presumptively reckoned to be more popular. With Biden’s leads in national polls, all conventional political understanding […]
While descending the stairs of a certain office, a man appeared breathing a sigh of relief but at the same time wearing an expression of anguish on his face. A certain work of his had been accomplished and the sigh of relief was for that, while the anguish came from the fact that he had […]
On Aug 5, 2019, India dealt a humiliating knock to the NC, PDP, PC, etc, and rubbed their noses in the dust. But did it cause any change in them? No. Go back to history and you will know that Mr Sheikh Abdullah agreed to accept the CM’s post after being dumped from the PM’s […]
Recently the result for NEET 2020 has been announced and while I congratulate all those who made it, my concern here is for those who could not. Does the NTA or any other agency certify that some persons have failed in their whole life? If not, then why these students are being mocked or agonised […]