AI: Revolution or Illusion?
Dr. Reyaz Ahmad In boardrooms, on social media, and across global markets, artificial intelligence (AI) has become the most powerful buzzword of the decade. It promises to reshape industries, revolutionize productivity, and redefine how we live and work. But beneath the dazzling headlines and soaring valuations, a growing number of experts are asking a sobering […]
Cancer in Kashmir: A Silent Storm
Dr Aftab Jan Cancer in Kashmir has silently transformed from a health concern into a looming crisis that touches almost every household, reflecting both global patterns and unique regional factors. Over the last decade, the Valley has experienced an alarming surge in cancer cases, turning hospitals into crowded battlegrounds where medical staff struggle to keep […]
Diwali of happiness
Dr. Priyanka Saurabh Diwali is not just a festival of lighting lamps, but an occasion to dispel darkness from the mind and fill the soul with light. Today, it is essential that we not make it a celebration of ostentation or pollution, but rather a festival of simplicity, compassion, and love. Only when we share […]
Stubble burning: Let us work on the alternatives
Dr. Priyanka Saurabh Every year, during October and November, the smoke rising from the fields of Punjab and Haryana chokes Delhi and all of North India. Stubble burning is a result of both farmers’ compulsion and policymakers’ failure. Unless farmers’ interests, agricultural needs, and environmental protection are addressed in tandem, pollution will neither decrease nor […]
Sir Syed: The Rebirth of the Modern Muslim Mind
Faheem Ul Islam Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817–1898) was one of the greatest reformers and thinkers in modern Indian history. A scholar, jurist, and visionary, he devoted his life to the intellectual and moral upliftment of Indian Muslims under British rule. As the founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, which later evolved into the Aligarh […]
Animals in our lives
By: K S S Pillai Animals have played an important role in man’s life since his appearance. As he was a hunter in the beginning, his main food was animal flesh. Later, when man became religious, some allowed him to kill animals for food, while others viewed animals as God’s creations and asked him to […]
The Endless Scroll
By: Dr Aftab Jan In the modern digital world, scrolling has become the invisible chain that ties millions of young minds to their screens, hour after hour, without them realizing how deeply it is reshaping their brains, their health, their emotions, their hormones, and their souls. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Snapchat […]
Antibiotic resistance: A mounting health crisis
By: Mohammad Hanief The world is confronting a mounting health emergency as bacteria increasingly develop resistance to the antibiotics once relied upon to cure common infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded a grave warning in its latest Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report 2025, which reveals that one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide […]
Racial hatred needs to end
By: Dr. Priyanka Saurabh For centuries, Indian society has been bound by the shackles of caste discrimination. This hatred has blunted not only the social structure but also human conscience and compassion. Every decision, every perspective, every justice is now weighed on the scales of caste. Until society frees itself from caste prejudices and learns […]
Sawalkote Hydropower Project: A New Dawn for Ramban
By: Navaid Ahmed For generations, the people of Ramban district have watched the mighty Chenab River flow through their rugged mountains — powerful, unending, and full of promise. It has been a river of hope and hardship alike, carving its way through rock and time, carrying with it a dream that refused to fade — […]