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 […]
Knowing about Vernal Equinox (March Equinox)!
Sahil Wani The March or Vernal or northward equinox is the equinox on the Earth when the sub-solar point (the sub-solar point on any planet is a particular point at which its sun is perceived to be directly overhead or in other words at Zenith. The Zenith is basically an imaginary point directly above a […]
Letter to the Editor
Curb domestic violence The National Crime Record Bureau data have pointed out that the number of cases registered under section 498A of IPC for ‘cruelty by husband or his relatives’ recorded an increase of 21.3 per cent in 2019 compared with 2018. Moreover, the number of cases registered under the Protection of Women from Domestic […]
Differentiating between real and forged love
Bashir Ahmad Dar Brutal and bitter the winter was at its peak and the bone chilling cold was in its full sting. Visibility was dim and earth seemed lifeless. The trees had lost their foliage in the gone by autumn, leaving their ebony bodies at the mercy of callous winter. The world had taken a […]
Night flights
It was after a pretty long wait that a successful trial for the night flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport was conducted. This trial means that full-fledged night operations at the airport may soon become a reality after a final approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) next week. The flight trial […]