Battered with bullets–A poem
By Aadil Hussain When the darkness had devoured the light, I eared her cries as if wrinkled with age. The moonlit reflections from her endless tears Forged an image battered with bullets: The blood was gushing from its numerous holes As if a lamb was bruised by million hounds. “Don’t, O don’t! They’ll lynch you […]
SSA teachers: When will their suffering end?
By Mushtaq Hurra Official promises, written orders, verbal assurances, committee formations, reports and other things but the miseries and agonies of SSA teachers are yet to culminate. The incumbent governor, his advisors and the other higher ranked officials have taken us on a ride again. The month long hunger strike at Jammu and Srinagar had […]
Understanding drug addiction– and the way forward
Umar Farooq Masoodi What causes-say heroin addiction? This is a really stupid question right? Obvious we all know it heroin causes heroin addiction and here is how it works. If you use heroin for 20 days, by day 21 your body would physically crave for the drug ferociously because there are chemical hooks in the […]
Fractured Hopes–A poem
By Bariya Hamid O Father! O Father! I would like to see her again. I hear her sobs every night, With thy name in murmurous sighs. She paints me for your image And unbosoms thy lofty dreams. “He will return,” she tells me so And takes me into her arms; Gives me kisses, sweet […]
The Prophet (PBUH): His ( SAW ) character guarantees peace, tranquility and stability
Mushtaq Hurra My choice of Mohammad Salallahu-alaihi-wasalam to lead the list of world’s most influential people may surprise some readers or may be questioned by others but I believe that he was the only man in the history who was supremely successful on both religious and secular levels.(Dr. Michael H Hart) Many stalwarts, Heroes, legends, […]
Peace and harmony, an important factor for the eradication of social evils
By Umar Farooq Masoodi Na Utha Phir Koi Rumi Ajam Ke Lala-Zaaron Se Wohi Aab-o-Gill-e-Iran, Wohi Tabraiz Hai Saqi Nahin Hai Na-Umeed Iqbal Apni Kisht-e-Weeran Se Zara Nam Ho To Ye Mitti Bohat Zarkhaiz Hai Saqi Faqeer-e-Rah Ko Bakhshe Ga’ay Asrar-e-Sultani Baha Meri Nawa Ki Doulat-e-Pervaiz Hai Saqi I choose to live by choice not […]
Women and Society: The Unseen Barriers
By Mudasir Ahmad Gori Women play various pivotal roles in society from the day they are born up until they die. However, playing so efficiently these roles she unfortunately is still weak may be the other gender (man) is strong than her. Even after lots of awareness programmes, rules and regulations in the society by […]
Every life counts, let people live their lives
Irfan Gul Today World is dynamic, full of complexities, anxieties and violence. The graph of violence is rising. Countless lives get spoiled in unnatural, human and state sponsored violence around the world which of course we too are not immune. Now-a-days no worth is shown for individual life as the world is witnessing a killing […]
The day we should never forget!
By Javeed Ali Undoubtedly, there is no day as beautiful as the day of the birth anniversary of the impeccable and ideal personality in the whole Universe. The day which illuminated the whole World. The day which annihilated the foundations of ignorance. The day humanity regained its humanism. The day oppressed and persecuted found their […]
Alas! He died in an old age home
Mushtaq Hurra Octogenarian Subhana was clearing his throat with a lot of difficulty when his semi-blind wife ‘ Rehti ‘reprimanded him with disgust, “Why don’t you visit a good doctor? “Phlegm is stuck in your throat, you have become hollow within inside. Your coughing sounds have irritated the sleep of others in this old age […]
