A wronged childhood: Childhood of the past and the present are totally different
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Children are like free birds. They want to do whatever they like. They don’t understand restrictions. They also don’t accept restrictions. They have freedom and want to make best use of it. It is a well-known fact that a child should enjoy some years of his life to its full as it […]
Drug abuse and illicit trafficking: Time has come to curb it
The most effective way to prevent drug abuse is to invest in youth and keep them interested and involved in life
Rayees Ahmad Kumar There is a growing concern over the rise in the number of drug abusers all over the world, which in turn is leading to the loss of life and crime. It is a growing nuisance in many societies as school and college going youth who have become addicted, now have no regard […]
Rote learning kills creativity
Creativity is abhorred while rote learning is praised. It is a long process of decay
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Education can be defined as the systematic process of learning. If we focus on the word ‘systematic’ it becomes clear that any experience in life can be a process of learning, provided that a person is ready to learn it. In other way, it can be understood in this way that the […]
Depression: An insurmountable health issue
Depression is very cruel ailment, crueler than lethal cancer and virulent pandemics
Ummar Jamal Depression is defined as mood disorder characterized by sadness, anxiousness, hopelessness, insomnia, fatigue, lack of concentration and reduced sexual desire. World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked depression as the among the list of most urgent health problems worldwide and has predicted it to become number two in terms of disease burden in 2020. […]
Examination patterns that have been suggested are a waste
Online pattern is not helping our kids to learn in real sense
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Examination in itself is not a parameter to judge any beings intelligence. It is because an examination has many ways to qualify. Intelligence aside, rote-learning can do miracles. Memorizing the facts can prove fruitful in passing an examination. In short, examination is not a criterion for any process of learning. Till recently, […]
Alcoholism: A silent plague affecting societies
Drinking effects on family life may involve serious mental health concerns for other family members as well
Shahid Amin Alcoholism is commonly recognized as a major social problem due to its multiple consequences that influence not only an individual drinker but also society as a whole. The company normally pays a heavy price for alcoholism in the form of traffic accidents, family or household problems, health and medical expenses and interpersonal violence. […]
Widows: The Dejected class in our society
Rayees Ahmad Kumar World Widow Day works to encourage action in achieving full rights of widows, highlighting the need for more research and statistics into violence, discrimination and poverty suffered by widows and develop policies and programmes to address their problems. The ultimate goal of the day is to develop resources and policy to empower […]
Education taking a hit in Kashmir
Be it political disturbances or Covid scare, students are facing the brunt
Shahid Amin University students are facing numerous difficulties, not only with regard to independent life, but also with regard to academic obstacles, such as studying and understanding subject-specific information to receive their degree or the socio-economic implications of entering a new environment. This predisposes them to depression, anxiety and stress that are relatively common and […]
Covid-19 challenges
Covid-19 has thrown up many challenges for the human race and Kashmir being no exception to this fact. While most of the front line warriors and researchers have been pondering over the ways and means to deal with the crisis, medicos in Kashmir have been dealing with the fatalities as open and shut cases. All […]
Companions for life
Books can be chosen as the best guide one needs
Syed Mustafa Ahmad When we think about a best companion, the only word that strikes our mind is choosing books. It is the book or the written word that has been with us for long now. The developed personalities have the virtue of reading books. They know the fact that behind anyone’s success, the books […]