The much needed reform
Ankit Kapoor Being one of the major reforms introduced to the Indian Education system in the recent times, the Central Universities common entrance test (CUCET) is an All-India test for admission various Under-graduate/Integrated, Post-Graduate and research programs in Central/State Universities of India. Having a major change in this academic year, CUCET has been named the […]
Defeating stress and Depression
Fidhat Fayaz Drangay Have you ever been taught about mental health in your home, school or college? Have you ever talked about your mental health status with your family, friends or close ones? Have you ever gave freedom or space to someone that he /she has felt free to speak about his/her mental health? Well! […]
Living with shortages
K S S Pillai We, like people all over the world, are not strangers to shortages. Luckily, we are in a far better position than our ancestors, thanks to the efforts of successive governments since independence. When I started my career in a government college in the 1960s, there was a shortage of even paper […]
Letter to the Editor
Curriculum for happiness It is welcome to note that the Utter Pradesh Government is considering a proposal to introduce a ‘happiness curriculum’ as a pilot undertaking from this tutorial session. The happiness curriculum could be named ‘realization curriculum’. The objective of the program is to boost the psychological well-being of the scholars, and it teaches […]
Review of Dr Nazir Mushtaq’s Book ‘Tinkey’
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Dr Nazir Mushtaq is is a renowned physician and distinguished writer of valley. He is regarded among the decades old lovers of Urdu language and literature. Though during mornings and evenings he remains busy in giving consultation to his patients at his clinic but whenever he gets the free time he gives […]
Month of Shaban and Laylatul Bara’ah
Mir Jamid Afzal Sha’ban is one of the meritorious months for which we find some particular instructions in the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. It is reported in the authentic ahadith that Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, used to fast most of the month in Sha’ban. These fasts were not obligatory […]
India is central to the Indo-Pacific
Asad Mirza While the world was combating the Covid pandemic, the international leaders were also busy in realigning the world as per their country’s priorities and goals. One region, which has emerged on the top of this new realignment, is the region of the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific comprises the Indian Ocean, the western and central […]
Parenting too changed with time
N J Ravi Chander Parenting comes with its joys and travails. Recently I witnessed a modern-day mother struggling to rein in her two young children. Besides throwing tantrums at each other, the infants had messed up the room with toys and other paraphernalia. The mother found it a tall order in tidying up the place […]
Letter to the Editor
Recognize true value of water PM Narendra Modi has launched the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign to conserve the rainwater and create awareness in the public. He expressed that the challenge of the water crisis is increasing equally with India’s development. Is the responsibility of the present generation of the country to fulfill […]
Leech therapy for ‘curing’ ills
Umair Shafiq Khanday Leech is a kind of bloodthirsty hermaphrodite. The genus Hirudo is known as Medicinal Leeches. The behavior of blood-sucking by an external parasite like leeches can have different consequences because of piercing the surface of the hosts’ body for penetration. The leech bite causes direct connections between its body and the host’s […]
