Bulldozers Can’t Build a Future
Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, The Supreme Court’s rebuke to Telangana is a stark reminder that forests are not obstacles to development, they are its foundation. When states treat green cover as expendable, they betray not just nature, but future generations. True progress lies not in bulldozing ecosystems, but in integrating them. Development without […]
Fighting the onslaught
By: Mohammad Nadeem In a quiet town nestled among the mountains, lived a man who once believed that love could conquer all. His marriage, arranged yet hopeful, quickly turned into a battlefield. What began with minor disagreements soon erupted into uncontrollable anger bursts, manipulations, and well-orchestrated scenes. One evening, as if by magic, distant relatives—always […]
The Silent Epidemic
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in the Post-Pandemic Era By: Narayanan Kizhumundayur The COVID-19 pandemic, while primarily a public health emergency of unprecedented scale, also triggered a parallel and far more silent epidemic—one that continues to grow in the shadows: the mental health crisis. Though nations have reopened, masks are off, and economies are on […]
Justice for Devadasis
Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, The proposed Karnataka Devadasi (Prevention, Prohibition, Relief & Rehabilitation) Bill marks a long overdue but progressive shift in eradicating a dehumanizing tradition. Recognizing Devadasi children as legitimate heirs with rights to property, and facilitating paternity through DNA finally confronts institutional apathy. However, enforcement must not echo past failures conviction […]
Skills hold the key to success
By: Imran Reshi Unemployment in Kashmir and the rest of the country is a pressing issue. There are huge number of job seekers holding higher degrees of education in their hands or dossiers. Some people hold the government responsible for not providing the adequate quantity of jobs to the unemployed youth, some holding their educational […]
India’s Space journey enlivens Common Man’s horizon
By: Dr. Jitendra Singh It began with a crack—barely visible, tucked away in the weld joint of a pressure feedline on a Falcon-9 booster. A minor flaw, perhaps, in the grand machinery of spaceflight. But for India, it was a moment of reckoning. Our scientists at ISRO, vigilant and uncompromising, demanded answers. They insisted on […]
The world of transportation
By: K S S Pillai Transportation, like all other fields, has undergone vast changes. The present trend is to use electric vehicles instead of petrol and diesel-driven ones. Though their cost is high, banks are ready to finance if they are certain of timely repayment. Despite people facing problems of recharging and accidental fires in […]
World sans boundaries
By: Abid Hussain Rather Reliving old memories, I remember well that there was a time, not too long ago, when life was lived in community—fully, openly, and without walls. In the neighbourhoods of our childhood, boundaries existed only on maps, neither on the ground nor in our hearts. Every joy was communal, every sorrow shared. […]
Keep ED above politics
Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, The Supreme Court’s sharp observation cautioning the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against becoming a tool for political battles is both timely and commendable. Democracy thrives when institutions remain neutral and focus on their constitutional roles. The judiciary’s reminder to fight political contests before the electorate reinforces people’s faith in justice. […]
Newspapers have lost literary taste
By: Dr. Satyawan Saurabh Once the literary pages of newspapers were called the soul of the country. There were not just news there, but a shared heritage of thought, wisdom and sensitivity breathed there. But today when we flip through the newspaper, there are news, advertisements, speeches by politicians, but the literary side of poetry, […]
