Different faces of Chillai Kalan
Umair Shafiq Khanday Chillai Kalan is the most severe part of the winter in Kashmir spread over three months. It is divided into three parts called the Chilas:- The Chillai Kalan, the Chillai Khurd, and the Challai Bache. Chillai-Kalan is the 40-day period of harsh winter. Chillai-Kalan begins from December 21 and ends on January […]
Chaudhary Charan Singh: The Kisan Messiah
Er. Prabhat Kishore Chaudhary Charan Singh, fifth Prime Minister of India is known as the “Kisan Messiah” because he struggled during his whole life for the cause of farmers in the country. He was a versatile and a multifaceted personality and made significant contribution to social, political, educational, literacy and journalism. Born on 23rdDecember 1902 […]
Needed a fresh healthcare system
Kanchan Basu As citizens, how should we expect the government to platform better on the public health front, given the lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic? If the Union Health Ministry acts upon the following health system lessons, this would not only enable improved handling of COVID-19, but would also have widespread positive impacts extending much […]
Mother’s love and devotion
Mohammad Hussain Khan She was a great nurse who soothed me when I was strained. There was a difference of tweedledum and tweedledee between her and me. Will she again come to turn over a new leaf in my life? Gone are the days when we were like two confluent rivers of the same origin […]
The controversial UK nationality bill
Asad Mirza The controversial Nationality and Borders Bill was introduced by the ruling Conservative Party in the House of Commons on 6 July 2021. The bill has now progressed to the House of Lords, and if passed it would impact the current UK immigration system as it relates to asylum seekers and refugees; and does […]
Targeting the teacher
Gowher Ahmad Bhat The status of teachers in a society determines its prosperity and progress. History is testimony to the fact that great societies have been built by great teachers. Teachers have served and nourished the very fundamental ideas of investment of intellect to shape the future of the communities which later on led to […]
Islam between modernism and postmodernism
Arafat Fani The conflict between religion and reason in western culture is an important chapter of recent human history. This conflict had far-reaching effects on the entire world. The background of the conflict is that the religion (Christianity) the western world was aware of was not revealed by God rather it was a deviant form […]
The helping hand
Ahanger Mudasir In a general view we often come across with this definition that Education is the acquisition of knowledge. But with the passage of time different philosophers and thinkers viewed it in the light of what they have sensed about the term education. They have given different connotations in terms of simple quotations from […]
Enrolment drive is not the solution
Peer Mohammad Amir Qureshi Let me start with the quote of Riyadh us-Saleheen “One who treads a path in search of knowledge has his path to Paradise made easy by God.” Education is the basic right of an individual. It is the fundamental right of everyone, no one shall be denied a right to education. […]
The ‘lost’ town
N J Ravi Chander My memories of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) remain restricted to the few train trips undertaken in the 1960s when my paternal aunt, Dhanalakshmi, lived there (the family subsequently moved to Bengaluru). History reveals that the golden era of KGF began after the British firm John Taylor & Sons took control over […]