On radios and early televisions
K S S Pillai It was a coincidence that reminded me of the distant past. My son brought home a large LED television on the day the Prime Minister broadcast his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme over All India Radio. News channels repeatedly showed people huddled before radio sets listening to the prime minister and […]
The bruised sector
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Any enlightened nation plans for the better future. They always keep past in mind. They live in the present and prepare accordingly for the coming future. In my college years, our political science teacher taught us that a real leader was one who brings the future problems close. In another sense, it […]
Divine justice and costly truthfulness
Desh Bir A few months before my fourth birthday, in June 1955, we shifted to Paprola in Kangra district where my father was to join, on promotion, as the founding Headmaster of the District Board High School. It was a habitation merely half a mile from the famous Baijnath town on the Kangra Mandi highway. […]
Letter to the Editor
Come forward for vaccination The decision of the Central Government to allow vaccination to all people above the age of eighteen years is a welcome move. The Government has been working hard for over a year to ensure that the maximum numbers of Indians are able to get the vaccine in the shortest possible time. […]
The changing life
Bashir Ahmad Yesterday in the dying moments of day I was sitting at the window of my bedroom watching the sun go down on the horizon. The white sun of noon was replaced by the reddish sun of the evening. The sun rays had lost their eye burning harshness and sunshine was little dim. The […]
Investing in greed
Syed Tajamul Islam Breathing an air of modernized life, man affected with unnumbered problems did not let peace and prosperity to germinate. The odd and scare atmosphere created through the birth of Covid19 and other threats have made the situation even worse. The frustration, grief, anger, perplexed, confused and terrorized became the familiar frequent emotions […]
Russia-US Rapprochement?
Asad Mirza The recent announcement by the White House sources that President Joe Biden has proposed that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a summit in a third country in the coming months, has increased hopes of a rapprochement between the two old rivals. This personal invitation was extended during a telephonic conversation between […]
Ramadhan, a month to burn overwhelming desires
Dr Sheikh Arshid Ahmad Ramadan is a month in which fasting is observed among Muslims throughout the world. It is a reward and blessing as it avails a chance to repent and ask for expiation for all sins by doing Ibadah or by giving charity to those who need it. A holy book (Quran) regarded […]
Covid-19: Impact on Education
Mushtaq Bhat The second wave of Covid19 has continued to present unprecedented effects across the country. In the wake of surge in cases, the administration of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir have taken several measures including closure of schools besides certain restrictions in containment zones have been enacted to contain its spread. The […]
What to expect if Earth ever falls into a Black Hole
Mir Sumeer Bashir An artist’s interpretation of a giant black hole called Black holes have long been a source of much excitement and intrigue. And interest regarding black holes will surely grow now that gravitational waves have been discovered. Many of the questions I am asked regard how “true” science fiction concerning black holes might […]
