Are we superstitious?
K S S Pillai It is but natural that one treads cautiously when it comes to the world after death. Various religions leave us in no doubt about its existence and the need to lead a virtuous life if one wants to enjoy heavenly bliss after death. Even the vocal rationalists among us would prefer […]
Calorie intake among school going kids rose during pandemic
Dr Mudita Dhingra While the COVID era has resulted in a major health crisis, globally, prolonged closure of schools is also one of the most disruptive forces for the school going kids. For almost a span of six months since the inception of COVID 19, the schools have been shut down, restricting the children in […]
Learning to know God
Syed Mustafa Ahmad About 13 billion years ago, the Universe was created with a bang, called the ‘Big Bang’. According to this theory, the Whole Universe was a single entity. The intelligent Designer, parted the Earth from the seven skies with a bang that resulted in the origin of the present Earth. The Holy Qur’an […]
From State to UT, a long journey for JK
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Every year on 31st October National Unity Day is celebrated all over India. This year also it was celebrated with more enthusiasm. With the abrogation of article 370 and 35-A last year, Jammu & Kashmir was transformed into two union territories. On 31st October 2019 J&K was bifurcated into two union territories […]
Money is killing us
Mohammad Hussain Khan The world today presents a strange paradox. On the one hand there is abundance of material prosperity and on the other hand there is overall moral bankruptcy. In between the two, the man is badly torn. He is all lost to his own self. The devil in man is out to destroy […]
Capitalizing on Covid-19
Simranjeet Singh Every fall in the economy can be seen as a new opportunity. The coronavirus pandemic has made a huge disruption in economic activities, resulted the biggest loss to the global economy in a small period of time. The silver lining of Covid-19 is that it has generated a huge demand of personal hygienic […]
Mother, a bonding figure in the family
N J Ravi Chander Twelve years ago, on May 25, my mother, Padmakumari, lost her battle to life after a prolonged period of illnesses, ranging from heart disease, diabetes to high blood pressure. She was only 69 when she breathed her last, with my father M N Jayaraman and brothers, Presanna Kumar and Prem Prakash, […]
The dominating politics
Syed Mustafa Ahmad In today’s world, politics has assumed greater importance. Every nook and corner of the world is reverberating with the loud slogans or faint whisperings of politics. It has its origin in Greek. Greek was the amalgamation of different small nation-states, called ‘polis. It is defined accordingly, depending up on the nature of […]
If I die now
Fahid Fayaz Darangay The whole life of we Muslims constitute of a trial and test by means of which his final destiny is determined. For us, death is the return of the soul to its Creator, God, and the inevitability of death and the Hereafter is never far from his consciousness. This serves to keep […]
France and Islam
Asad Mirza The French attacks on Islam and its Prophet are nothing new, we only have to peep a little bit into the past, to find the roots of this hatred. The recent storm over the inflammatory statements against the Holy prophet and Islam itself, by the French President Macron has set the Muslim world […]