Digital India programme
Rajeev Chandrasekhar The world is slowly emerging out of the worst ever pandemic witnessed in the history of mankind. It widely disrupted lives, livelihoods and economies across the globe. India too, home to almost 1/6th of the world’s population, faced enormous challenges over the last 24 months. It is said that the ultimate measure of […]
Cooperatives: Unleashing growth in rural India

Hema Yadav Cooperatives in India are all poised to witness a rapid transformation since the first cooperative law in India was enacted in 1904. With the new paradigms and changing contours of having a separate Ministry of Cooperation with Budgetary allocation for Cooperatives a renewed interest has spurted on the cooperative movement in India as […]
Pen: A blessing of God
Mohammad Hussain Khan Ever since the inception of the universe, the struggle for existence has been going on incessantly. Everything and everybody craves for recognition. And many a time man’s this desire has taken him to the battle field where the swords settled the scores making one a victor and the other a vanquished. But […]
Excavating future
Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah Aiman and Ali always have me flirting with them all day, but I’m old, and I couldn’t compete with them. Occasionally, I tell them to stand there and talk to me in a thousand different ways. I know, they are here for the time being, and then they will make their way […]
World TB Day: Fight against TB has to be more precise

24th March is recognized as World TB Day. This year the theme is ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives’ to convey the urgent need to invest resources to ramp up the fight against TB and achieve the commitments to end the endemic. World TB day is a global health awareness program focusing on efforts to […]
Ashmuqam holds high place among devotees in Kashmir
Tousif Raza Ashmuqam is situated on the left bank of the river Lidder near about 20 kms from Anantnag in the north east of the historical town of Martand. This is a saint’s place, where we see the cave of baba Zain Ud Din Reshi (RA) on a plateau, which is near about 200 […]
Poem
At the end we’ll die Peer Mohammad Amir Qureshi We take birth and enter this world with a cry Even small things make us happy I don’t know why Our parents feel proud when we utter a word As it may be the sound of a mysterious bird As we grow up the responsibility increased […]
Jealousy: An inevitable approach to self destruction

Peer Mohammad Amir Qureshi Jealousy is a robust feeling or destructive emotion of unhappiness towards a person which typically accompany the emotions of resentment, anger, hostility, inadequacy, bitterness and humiliation. Jealousy or envy strikes all the age groups and genders. Jealousy is also called Hasad which is an inevitable approach of self destruction which one […]
Ramzan: A month of piety and salvation
Aubaid Akhoon The month of Ramadan is a great blessing of Allah Almighty. In this month there is a flood of light and blessings from Allah Almighty and His blessings rain down like torrential rain, but we are not aware of the value and status of this blessed month. Because all our thoughts and struggles […]
India’s growing role in South Asia

Asad Mirza Indian policy in the region towards smaller countries, seems to be paying dividends, as compared to China, which is more and more is being seen as a hawk, intent on taking over smaller countries’ natural resources. The recent example of this is the manner in which India has handled Sri Lanka, a neighbour […]