Preventing heart diseases naturally at the time of COVID Pandemic
Studies claimed that people with pre-existing heart conditions have a high risk of mortality due to Covid-19
Dr. Bimal Chhajer Since the inception of COVID pandemic, the impact due to various heart ailments seems to be subsided. Though it is known that the rate of mortality and morbidity due to heart attacks are underestimated globally, yet many countries are still facing the wrath of its mortality. While the prime focus of most […]
Basant Rath and his Kashmir attachment
When one’s intentions are right applause is likely to follow
Rayees Ahmad Kumar One could love him or hate him for his flamboyant style and aggressive posture of issuing appeals and warnings to follow the traffic rules in Jammu & Kashmir when he was posted in the UT. This Odisha-born IPS officer, Basant Kumar Rath had vowed to bring everyone including the citizens, politicians and […]
Educating the girl child should be our priority
The girls' education has gained a special significance in the present world as the female folk is a valuable human resource
Abid Hussain Rather The importance of education for human development has been emphasized through various international and national fundamental rights, acts, principals and other legislations. Article 217 A of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has declared right to education as fundamental right. In our country the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act 2002 has made […]
Fighting the appearance versus reality war
We need to dwell deeper to get the hidden facts
Syed Mustafa Ahmad There is a wide difference between the way things appear and the way they are in reality. An apparent thing must have concealed many secrets in itself. A glittering object should not be like as it appears. The shiny surface of a river may contain filth at the bottom. The scintillating water […]
Teachers need to be morally upright
Teachers may actually be the first adults, apart from parents, with whom children spend extensive periods of time
Rayees Ahmad Kumar It is widely accepted that a teacher’s role is to educate and facilitate learning. But the impact of our schools and educators in shaping the morals in our younger generation should never be discounted nor overlooked. The institution of ‘school’ encompasses teachers, administrators, ancillary staff, parents and students and hence the influence […]
A Digital Detox needed
Cell phones are so convenient that they’re an inconvenience. Haruki Murakami
Bilal Ahmad Dar Technology, as we know, has transformed our lives. It has made things easy for us. It has lessened the humdrum of our day to day life through its entertaining tools and gadgets. Because of technological and communication revolution modern man has become kind of a post-human (a person or entity that exists […]
Do we care for our educational system?
The situation is alarming and we need to act swiftly
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Any enlightened nation plans for a better future. They always keep their past in mind. They live in the present and prepare accordingly for the future. In my college years, our political science teacher taught us that a real leader was one who comprehends the problems he is going to face in […]
Access to internet is a basic right, restore 4G now
Investing in providing internet facilities to citizens with equality will be fruitful for the country in future
Rayees Ahmad Kumar During the times of novel coronavirus, access to the internet is imperative, not only through the lens of a philosophical perspective but as an essential human right. Internet is indispensable for education, employment, health care services and communication between people. It has become the vehicle through which the fundamental rights and principles […]
Hope makes us to survive the challenges of life
But how can a person be hopeful? In an atmosphere of gloom, how will hope manage to stay and hold its ground
Syed Mustafa Ahmad In the age of conflict and confrontation, when everything seems to be going from bad to worse, there is something which keeps everybody going….and that is hope. What is hope? Hope is defined differently by different people according to situations and personalities. But the common thing in all the periods or ages […]
Islam and the casteist Kashmiri
Islam as a religion doesn’t recognize any caste. There is no place in Islam to associate superiority with a particular caste and observe any other as lowly and inferior
Ummar Jamal Casteism simply means prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of caste. There are various standpoints on whether term ‘caste’ can be used to denote social stratification among Non-Hindu communities. Ghaus Ansari (1960) uses the ‘term’ to describe the Muslim social group with the characters Like , endogamy within a given social group. Hierarchical […]
