Living a happy post retirement life
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Retirement can mean many things for people. Some look forward to the free time in hand. Some worry how they will manage to meet ends. Others wonder how they will pass their time. If planned properly, retirement can be a great phase in a person’s life. You have worked hard all your […]
Films and their anti Muslim themes
Following the footprints of Hollywood, Bollywood also exploited the character of Muslims immensely
Aamir Altaf Hollywood has a very narrow view of Muslims. Every Muslim charters you’ve ever seen on screen , think of how those charters are usually inherently connected to violence and US’s national security. The aftermath of 9/11 brought an alteration in portrayal of Muslims in Hollywood as compare to prior 9/11. The Image of […]
Health awareness programs in community cannot be ignored
The best way to reduce spread of disease can be through mass awareness
Mudasir Ali Awareness always plays an important role in our life and keeps us up to date in daily routines. It acts as a main pillar in procuring specific information of all kind of events and tragedies which are happening across the globe. Health awareness can in no way be ignored or compromised but to […]
Have medicos forgot the Hippocratic Oath
The ultimate aim of doctor is and rather should be to remove the miseries and pangs of the patient
Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Gori Among many professions which are believed to carry a prestige, doctor’s profession is probably the noblest profession. I can say this at least as far as the recent Pandemic is concerned. We all know that medical profession is considered as one of the honorable professions and doctors are considered next only […]
Thinking clean! Positive and collective steps can change society’s attitude towards sanitation
Amit Singh Kushwaha Once, I was traveling by train. The train had traveled just 50 kilometers from its starting station. I found out that the washbasin is dirty. Many people spit into it after chewing gutkha and paan. Sighting it, a passenger said, “Railway is not aware of sanitation”. “Should not it be cleaned because […]
Period leave: Is it justified or not?
Generally people did not understand the physiology of menstruation
DR. (Mrs.) S N Basu There is a lot of discussion as to whether women should be given “Period leave or not. In reaching a decision fraught with varying and often diametrically opposite views – one must first analyse as to what is the aim of a decision in favour of period leave. Are these […]
Worthless degree, jobless graduates
Around 1.5 million engineers are graduating every year but most of them don't have skills required to be employed
Gowharr Fayaz Bhat In India engineering as a career has attracted a lot of students in a big way and large number of aspirants burn the midnight oil in order to crack the exam. These aspirant’s dream themselves as an engineer earning a decent package. Every year lakhs of students appear in the entrance examination […]
Best Teacher awards and the obscure mechanism
The mechanism to shortlist a teacher for the award has raised questions
Rayees Ahmad Kumar A couple of days before, the announcement for 2020 best teacher awards were made public. Social media was abuzz in congratulating and encouraging the budding teachers who out of thousands were selected for this prestigious award. From valley also three lucky teachers were awarded including one female teacher from Zone Gulabagh of […]
From cities to forests, plastic finds its way to the wild
Syed Aamir Sharief Qadri This year while the tourism industry in Kashmir witnesses a tremendous loss of revenue due to Corona pandemic there is a huge increase in high altitude trekking. The lockdown provided every opportunity to Kashmiri youth to visit a number of Lakes and Margs. But it is very unfortunate to say that […]
Enlightenment during lockdown
The online mode of organizing classes, webinars and meetings can prove helpful
Abid Hussain Rather The year of 2020 has been unpredictable, unexpected, undesirable and perturbing. It has frozen our progress and development. It has shattered the strongest economies of the world. Millions of people have lost their jobs across the globe. Educational institutions, business centers, entertainment hubs, tourist destination have been closed due to the pandemic. […]
