Zoonotic Diseases: Causes and Prevention
Infectious diseases caused by virus, parasite, fungi or bacteria, and spread from animals to humans (or vice-versa) are termed zoonotic diseases. These can spread either from direct contact or indirectly, such as through vectors or food. Below are listed various zoonotic diseases, causes and whether or not vaccine is available for treatment. Zoonotic Disease Cause […]
Trauma of Being a Child of Conflict
When have we seen peaceful mornings or driven along the Boulevard full of mirth and ease? I don’t recall an evening when my parents happily talked about being blessed to have children born in Kashmir. The cycle of loss and trauma had started even before our parents were born but it intensified in the early […]
Bioplastics: An Alternative to the Plastic Soup Problem
Biodegradable plastics seem like a preferable option to keep fossil fuel-based plastics at bay. Although we are still a long way from designing sustainable material, bioplastics or in a general sense, biopolymers, will go a long way in reducing dependency on petroleum-based products. Fortunately, CO2 emissions will decrease as well with this much needed switch. […]
Protect the Forest Resource
Rethink Your Furniture
Nowadays buying furniture is tantamount to buying disposables. Nobody wants to keep it forever. Everyone tries to introduce new trends and changes now and then, thus diminishing the subtlety and exquisiteness of the bought furniture. This ‘use-and-throw’ habit is harming nature and exploiting the biosphere’s resources beyond its carrying capacity. So, now more than ever, […]
Caste System in Kashmir
What lies behind the Curtains of an Apparently Realistic Society!
Noted Kashmiri sociologist, late Bashir Ahmad Dabla, classified castes on the basis of three different groups, i.e. Syed, occupational and service castes, in his book ‘Directory of Caste in Kashmir’. He wrote that these castes exist as functional social institutions in the Kashmiri society. Quite opposite to the notion that caste has no role in […]
The Low Carbon Economy Index
The first installment of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report confirmed that the impacts of climate change are increasing, largely driven by anthropogenic GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions. The report also talks about the global carbon budget, i.e. the amount of CO2 emissions that can be emitted while still limiting global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial […]
UNWARY VICTIMS OF DRUG ABUSE IN KASHMIR
The Baradari We Must Be Aware Of
Abuse of any manner hurts. But what makes life deplorable is when you are the one abusing your own self, body and soul. We might voice opinions regarding domestic violence or physical abuse in family and, to some extent, be able to help those oppressed. These situations are relatively easy to handle because there is […]
Living with Covid-19
It is important to abide by relaxation rules provided by the government and restart our daily lives with utmost care.
Till now, there has been no effective vaccine developed against coronavirus. That just means we have to live with it for quite sometime. But isn’t it difficult or scary? Yeah, it sure is. However if we continue to stay put, locked inside our homes, the human race might lose focus or sanity. So with proper […]
Marriages, the pandemic and the never ending ‘Majmas’
With people crawling towards a normal life, most couples, who were to be married before coronavirus wreaked havoc on this planet, are deciding to tie the knot. A happy occasion amid distress always helps, at least to some level. And it is always good cheer to celebrate two souls to be unified forever in a […]
Of an Unjust Democracy and Eunuch Alphas
Ideologies change. Should democracy have to? Living in this facade of a setup, we have completely forgotten who we, as humans, are supposed to be. This time I write not against terror or for peace but to put forth my views about the alphas of this supreme country. Understand this fact that living beings always, […]
