JKAACL Kargil organizes Naatia Mushaira
KARGIL, MAY 30: In connection with the ongoing holy month of Ramadan, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL), Kargil today organized a district-level multilingual ‘Hamdia Naatia Mushaira’ at Language Centre here today. Around 20 poets from different parts of the district described the virtues of the holy month by rendering their […]
How a letter by a Catholic archbishop incensed India’s BJP
Archbishop Couto's letter should be seen in the context of growing anti-minority sentiment in India.
By: Apoorvanand A letter the Catholic Archbishop of Delhi sent to all parish priests working in India’s capital city has created a furore in the country’s already charged political scene. In the letter dated May 8, Archbishop Anil Couto requested parish priests to start a year-long prayer campaign to save India from the “turbulent political […]
Doctors’ strike hits patient care in Budgam
Budgam, May 30: Patient care in Budgam hospitals on Wednesday came to a grinding halt as the doctors’ here called for a 2-hour pen down strike to press for their demands. Out-patient departments (OPDs) across the district remained closed from 10 am to 12 pm causing immense hardships to the patients. The strike was observed […]
Avenfield reference: Safdar refuses to produce witnesses in his defence
Islamabad, May 30: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law, retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, on Wednesday decided against producing any witnesses in his defence in an accountability trial, informing the court that had made this decision because the prosecution had failed to establish a case against him. Safdar was recording his statement in the Avenfield reference […]
JK to develop Integrated Farming System Model: Bandh
SOPORE, MAY 30: To ensure food security and doubling farmer’s income in the state by 2022, Minister for Agriculture Muhammad Khalil Bandh on Wednesday directed the SKUAST authorities to develop ‘Integrated Farming System Model’ within two months for the state. He made these remarks during the celebration of Wheat and Barley Day at Wadura Sopore […]
Dividends of peaceful dissent
Living in Kashmir, one can’t help but draw parallels and reflect upon the vortex of violence it has steadily been engulfed in with no end-game in sight, devouring its young and best alike.
In Pakistan, Pathan youth are at the heart of a mass movement questioning state policies. Their methods hold a lesson for Kashmir’s young. Amidst the iniquitous engineering Pakistan’s political structures are increasingly exposed to, there is emerging the promise of a rights movement premised on the legitimacy of its demands and the relevance of its […]
Simona Halep finally makes her bow at Roland Garros
PARIS: World number one Simona Halep finally gets her French Open campaign underway on Wednesday while Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev seek spots in the second round. A look at three matches to watch at Roland Garros on Wednesday: Simona Halep v Alison Riske — Romanian top seed and world number one Halep is a […]
‘Achhe Din…’
Looking at the failures and follies of past is always a cause and source of regret and hopelessness, but if there is resolve to get over with past mistakes and make best of the new opportunities – then there really are many reasons for hope and optimism as well. Indeed if one goes on philosophizing […]
Spengler on mass culture
By: Mubarak Ali When Spengler was writing his book the ‘Decline of the West’, published in 1918, he had plenty of material at his disposal. Archaeologists had excavated ancient civilisations and decoded the cuneiform and hieroglyph writing scripts of Mesopotamia and Egypt respectively. This provided enough material on civilisations which had till then remained hidden. […]
