A tribute to Maulana Noor Ahmad Trali
Adnan Shafi Biography is simply an account of someone’s life or a few glimpses of someone’s life. However, we know the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones. Therefore, Maulana Noor Ahmad Trali is not confined to his biography […]
No shying away from Govt schools
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Syed Rizwan Geelani’s article “Why a teacher in government school is a parent in private school” appeared few days back in a leading English daily. In his article Mr Geelani has criticised the education department’s enrolment drive program launched weeks before because of the reason that government school teachers are admitting their […]
Sardar Patel: The Man of Action
Er. Prabhat Kishore The global history is full of numerous personalities, who had reserved their name and fame through their merit and work, but very few persons can be quoted who have changed not only the history but geography of a country without shedding a drop of blood. Sardar Patel, the Iron Man, was such […]
Islam and terrorism
Nisar Ahmad A terrorist can’t be a true Muslim and a true Muslim can’t be a terrorist. Islam is a religion of security and peace. These essentials are so prevalent in Muslim lives that they greet everybody they know or don’t know. When we (Muslims) stand in prayer, we cut our relations with the world […]
Jerusalema! The song celebrates life and is full of joie de vivre
Asad Mirza Sometimes you are too bogged down by lethargy or feel really unconcerned by the happenings around the world and don’t feel like pounding at your laptop, dishing out highly opinionated pieces on mundane world issues. Perhaps this might be due to the gloomy atmosphere prevailing throughout the world for the last 10 months, […]
The disastrous industry
Abid Hussain Rather Beauty has always attracted the human soul, so everybody tries to look beautiful. It is human nature that everybody tries to look different from others by wearing fashionable clothes and following latest fashion trends. Though female folk is famous for following latest fashion trends and life styles but males are not behind […]
Common sufferings
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Everyone’s story is different from what others had faced. But some things are common in this part of the world. In Jammu and Kashmir, the stories are more or less the same. It is because it is the only UT in the world that has been subjected to the worst kind of […]
Self-inflicting love for security!
Desh Bir At the age of twenty one I joined a job and at fifty eight I retired from the same department, of course with some promotions, in due course. In between came an opportunity to switch over when I was able to crack the old civil services exam in 1978. I did not choose […]
The unparalleled guidance
Tousif Raza Islam is not only the discovery of the purpose of life: it is the materialization of this purpose, it is not mere publicity but is the actualization of publicity. Islam is not logical and philosophical hairsplitting and rationalization: it is the generation of consequences and achievements through practical struggle. Therefore, the thought is […]
The resolve I still maintain
N J Ravi Chander One of the enduring memories of my childhood were those spent in our ancestral home in Fraser Town, Bengaluru, in the heart of the cantonment. Our family of five comprising my parents, two siblings and I moved into this quaint monkey-top bungalow in the early 1960s, a time when the area […]
