Honesty is always the best policy
N J Ravi Chander My octogenarian maternal-uncle, M D Umapathi, is a trove of real-life stories. These nostalgic recollections bring fond memories of his service days at the Office of the Accountant General in Bengaluru or while on tour playing or managing the office, state or South zone hockey teams in the closing decades of […]
Do we have reliable reasons for every blame game?
Syed Tajamul Hussain We are experiencing a cut throat competition everywhere and it seems that it is dominating every sector of living. Although competition is a good intangible resource that calls everyone to go more steadfast towards the goal. However, to cast synthetic blunders for others, making them to be stuck in the middle of […]
Business and Tawhidic Paradigm
Fahid Fayaz Darangay “Oh you, who believe, when the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday, hasten earnestly to the remembrance of Allah and leave off business” [Al-Jumu’ah (62):9]. “It is no crime in you if you seek of the bounty of your Lord (during pilgrim)” [Al-Baqarah (2):198]. “A truthful merchant will be raised on […]
The greed out there has consumed us
N J Ravi Chander A firm advocate of nature cure and Ayurveda, I seldom seek allopathic treatment to cure minor ailments. But there were times when I took the plunge and opted for western medicine only for the plan to boomerang. Here is one episode! A few moons ago, bouts of eye pain gripped me. […]
Books-the wisest of counsellors
Mohammad Hussain Khan Reading is to mind what exercise is to the body. The most nourishing and the richest food for mind is the reading a book. Books are always source of pleasure. They are golden mines of art, literature, science, psychology, philosophy, religion etc. They instruct us in times of need, they thrill us […]
Universities of WhatsApp and Facebook
Desh Bir No matter whether you happen to be a never-graduated type, a graduate, a Post-graduate, a man or a woman, a father or a mother, a teacher or a trader or a student or a vegetable- seller! Today all of us have a chance for online learning. Covid-19 or no Covid-19! Whether it is […]
Stillbirth: A report by WHO
Fahid Fayaz Darangay A stillbirth is the death or loss of a baby before or during delivery. Both miscarriage and stillbirth describe pregnancy loss, but they differ according to when the loss occurs. In the United States, a miscarriage is usually defined as loss of a baby before the 20th week of pregnancy, and a […]
Countdown for street malevolency, will conformist rightist cross the Rubicon?
Latief U Zaman Deva In the checkered history of the greater sub-continent the religious parties/ movements have all along been the principal instruments for stability and fostering of majoritarian nationalism in respective countries. Ashin Wirathu, the anti-muslim monk in Myanmar spearheading ”969 Movement” and ”Bodu Bala Sena” comprising of Monks with anti-minorities agenda in Sri-Lanka […]
Effect of communication revolution and house journals
Er. Prabhat Kishore One of the primary functions of human organizations-whether private or public- is communication. The need for a communication has been felt since men started living in groups or ‘Samaj’. In primitive societies communication was slow. Due to lack of communication system, these societies tended to be more insular, compared to the outgoing […]
The ‘magic box’
N J Ravi Chander After growing up listening to the radio, the television’s arrival in the 70s in Bengaluru was a game-changer. It was in 1974 when the mighty West Indies led by the ‘Big Cat’, Clive Lloyd, played the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi-led Indian team at the KSCA stadium, that we got our first […]