Unending woes

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is shut for traffic once again. Today it was the fifth consecutive day when the highway was closed in wake of the heavy snowfall that wreaked havoc across Kashmir. The closure of the 260 kilometre-long highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country leads to a […]
Islamic concept of Law

It's Essence is Divinely Determined which determine its Perfection, From Other perspectives.
Tousif Raza (“The law is a rule of human conduct established by a communication from God, expressive either of demand or indifference or more declaration.”) (“AND WHATEVER THE APOSTLE GIVES YOU, FAKE IT: AND WHATSOEVER FORBIDS YOU, ABSTAIN FROM THAT” (AL-QURAN 59:7) Robert Bolt remarks in a play ‘A Man for all Seasons’ that the […]
Journey through the past
N J Ravi Chander A recent visit to my favourite childhood haunt, the Bengaluru East Ground in Fraser Town, to witness a tennis ball cricket tournament rekindled memories. The ground skirting the East Railway Station is a popular venue for football and tennis ball cricket tournaments and my siblings, and I spent a lot of […]
The public prospect towards administration of COVID vaccine
Dr Shekhar Biswas Since the launch of COVID-19 vaccine is just underway, with conclusions of the clinical trials, a probable list of people being administered with the vaccine would include the frontline workers, healthcare workers, senior citizens and people with co-morbidities since they are at an increased risk of contracting the illness or develop severe […]
Books: The wisest of counselors
Mohammad Hussain Khan Reading is to mind what exercise is to the body. The most nourishing and the richest food for the mind is the reading a book. Books are always source of pleasure. They are golden mines of art, literature, science, psychology, philosophy, religion etc. They instruct us in times of need, they thrill […]