World Water Day: Every drop counts
M Ahmad World Water Day observed on 22 March every year since 1993, focuses on the importance of freshwater and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the […]
The next step
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Educational institutions across length and breadth of valley reopened last week after a hiatus of more than two years. It was indeed a moment of joy and excitement both for the parents as well as their wards who were eagerly waiting to step in the school premises to take offline classes because […]
Conserve nature to save lives
Er. Prabhat Kishore Madhya Pradesh Government had surveyed the Bundelkhand regions under “Bunder Diamond Project” through Australian company Rio Tinto in 2000-2005 to explore the possibility of diamonds. In the survey Kimberlite rock, which is the major source (ore) of diamonds, have been traced out in the Buxwaha forest areas. Presently, Panna of MP is […]
Nowruz: Celebration of springtime
M Ahmad One of humanity’s oldest festivals, “Nowruz”—which means “new day”—and the arrival of spring and the first day of the year in Iran, whose solar calendar begins with the vernal equinox, is celebrated in Iran and the Persian Diaspora for more than 3,000 years. The United Nations officially recognized the International Day of Norwuz […]
A Lesson for Indian Polity
Desh Bir The manner in which the electorate of Punjab exercised its right to choose its legislators recently leaves many lessons for the elite members of the existing entrenched political parties which claim to have a right to lead the society and frame policies on its behalf, because they believe that they were born to […]
The alphabetical drawing
Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah We believe a little in Darwin’s theory of human metamorphosis and how early men went through assorted settings of transformation. At the same time, there is no ethical testimony to substantiate Darwin’s theory correct, merely we can conceive things that happened before in a synthetic way, or we can say this can […]
Abu Bakr al Razi: The great Physician
Sahil Wani Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyaal-Raziis conjointly better-known by his Persian name Rāzī and by his Latinized name Rhazes), 864 or 865 – 925 or 935 CE, was a Persian Physician, cavernous thinker and intellectual, wide thought-about one amongst the foremost necessary figures within the history of drugs. He conjointly wrote on logic, physics, […]
The killer silence
Arsalan Rashie The birth of a child is considered the most auspicious and graceful moment for every family. A child brings blessings and responsibilities as well for their parents. They put every nerve to nurture them and provide their children with good food, education, care and scarify their desires to render their wishes. They try […]
A memorable visit to the city of dreams
N J Ravi Chander My train voyage back in 1982 to the “city of dreams”, Mumbai, will count as something unique. Besides being my first tryst with India’s financial capital, it was also my maiden tour outside my hometown, Bengaluru. I was part of a motley crew of veterans and greenhorns picked as part of […]
Making friends
K S S Pillai People have been moving from place to place for centuries for various reasons, suitable employment being one of them. I also had left for distant Gujarat when I was posted in Navsari as a college teacher. It was a sleepy town with a considerable Parsee population. Sanjan, where their ancestors were […]
