Shab-e-Miraj -Miraculous Night Journey of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
By: M Ahmad Shab-e-Miraj or Isra Night observed in the Holy Month of Rajab by Muslims all over the world. According Arabic dictionary, Isra means travelling at night or walking at night, and Miraj means rising and going up. Every year on the night of 26th of Rajab according to the Islamic calendar, Muslims observe […]
Shiv Sutras and Signs of Auspiciousness
By: Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Shiva Sutras: Shiva means that which is auspicious. In everyone’s life there has been something auspicious. Among so many negative things that happen around, take that one positive thing and hold on to it. A Sutra is a thread. If someone has fallen in a deep well, what do […]
Maha Shivaratri: Legends and Rituals
By: Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit We have heard popular stories of Maha Shivaratri and have found it in many of the texts like Shiva Purana and associated Puranas. Shiva temples on 18th February will be reverberated with the chants of “Om Namah Shivaya” and vedic hymns on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri. Maha Shivratri is celebrated […]
Breaking the cycle of gossip
By: Aubaid Akhoon “Gossip is like a chain reaction, once it starts, it’s difficult to stop. Let’s break this chain by being mindful of our words and actions.” In today’s society, spreading rumors and gossip has become a common practice, with little consideration for the consequences of such actions. However, from an Islamic and ethical […]
Tuesdays with Morrie
Book Review
By: Asif Rashid “The Premise: ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ by Mitch Album is a heart-warming and thought-provoking memoir of a young man’s journey to rediscover life’s true meaning through his conversations with his former sociology professor, ‘Morrie Schwartz’. He is not an ordinary professor who teaches some random academic subjects as the other professors do, but […]
Road to zero emission
By: Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Kudos to the Jammu and Kashmir government for it is all set to launch a fleet of 200 electric buses equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including a real-time tracking system, in both capital cities of the union territory. It is reported that by 2030, 80% of two and three-wheelers, 40% of buses, […]
No more chances
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, India was the 7th worst- hit country due to extreme air pollution and extreme rainfall in 2021 and it’s only been getting worse every year. We are racing towards further and further climate disasters and we need to pull the chain now. Though we hoped it would not reach this point, climate wisdom […]
Pang and affliction of ethnological expositions
By: Fardeen Hurrah Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, […]
Treating neuropsychiatric disorder by (rTMS)
By: Dr Samant Darshi WHAT IS rTMS? RTMS is a noninvasive procedure that modulates the neurons in the brain via electromagnetic induction. The concept of electromagnetic induction was first given by Michael Faraday back in 1831. The word rTMS refers to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. The word itself is a misnomer though because it is […]
Chef’s emotions translate into taste
By: Desh Bir Can we recall the last time when we licked our fingers out of admiration for a dish? Perhaps, yes, (though such occasions are only a few) and we even remember the location and the occasion and the person responsible for preparing such a delectable recipe. Do we really know what made it […]
