Costume designing as a career option
Vijay Garg From Superman’s cape to Dorothy’s slippers, costumes can be as identifiable with a character as the actor who played the part. Yet most would be hard pressed to name any of the men and women who designed these iconic outfits, let alone being able to identify the elements and process of their craft. […]
Benefits of virtual learning for physically challenged
Vijay Garg There are eight categories in which disabled students are classified according to their disabilities – medical impairment, mental illness, mobility impairment, hearing impairment, learning disability, vision impairment, acquired brain impairment, and intellectual disability. Because certain individuals are physically and mentally challenged, it does not mean that they cannot perform well in the academics […]
Life on the fringe of a pine forest
Desh Bir After the age of four, the next station named Kangoo where I was destined to grow and learn about life, formal education and my surroundings was a town-village located on the fringe of a pine forest. There were a dozen shops and an equal number of houses, three school buildings, a dispensary, a […]
Lailatul Qadar
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Of all the nights of the year, You being the blessed one, Most powerful and most expensive Your mention is made in the Holy book, Almighty reserved Al-Qadar for you, Describing the blessings of this night The night of power is better, Than a thousand months, Therein come down the Angeles, And […]
Healthy lifestyle leads to healthy life
Dr. Balbir Singh Apart from family history, the poor lifestyle choices that one makes has been the leading cause of cardiac ailments among the younger generation in India. With changing lifestyle and poor socio-economic factors, there is a rapid increase in the number of patients living with ischemic heart disease. Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or […]
A suicide note
Syed Mustafa Ahmad My dear nears and dears, I hope you are doing good. But I am not doing good. Being unwell, I am writing this suicide note for everyone, who has time to read. Well, it is a fact that life is a sweet gift from Allah. Serving one’s Creator is the best deed […]
Making Zakat more constructive
Asad Mirza Zakat is one of the five basic tenets of Islam. Zakat means purity. Thus, this implies that a man purifies his yearly earnings by giving away one part of them in the path of the God. This further implies that man should understand that his earnings or his possessions are not a result […]
Book Review: The Midnight Silence
Aabid Shahin Good artists narrate their time. They speak relevant things and try to make a complete comprehension of their lives and of those who they are surrounded by. It gives me an immense pleasure to write a review to “The Midnight Silence”, an extraordinary beautiful book written by a young 18 years old boy […]
Writing your civil services exam
Vijay Garg The civil services main examination is not only a test of the knowledge of the candidates. It also tests their ability to write well- structured answers in limited time. Writing ‘good’ i.e. marks fetching answers in the UPSC examination is not something that comes naturally to most candidates. Not even those with a […]
Letter to the Editor
Right move to reduce caseload The Centre’s decision to allow MBBS students, BSc, and GNM-qualified nurses for COVID duties is a step in the right direction. The Prime Minister Office has stated that medical and nursing students can be utilised for providing services like teleconsultation and monitoring of mild COVID 19 cases after due orientation […]