Karnah – The land that remains cursed
Karnah can rightly be described as a town of hopelessness. It is here that people after escaping one problem are caught by the other. If they escape social issues, they are caught by the political turmoil and if they are fortunate enough to avoid political issues, they are faced with economic challenges. Considering the recent […]
Dowry – A Social Evil
“Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.” Mahatma Gandhi India is one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse nation in the world, with some of the most deeply religious societies and cultures. There are many beliefs and rituals that people are following […]
IS ISLAM ANTI-FEMINIST?
By: Bisma Farooq Sheikh West has been trying hard to bring the notion that Islam is anti feminist and Muslims are conservative and pro violence. They are creating Islamophobia. They assert that Islam denigrates women and deprives them from rights and privileges they deserve. Islam favours men in matters related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and […]
Women’s Marriage Age
By: Nuzhat Ara The multitude of debates ponder over women’s marriage age highlighting the pros and cons of the higher and lower margin of marriage age. A similar national discussion stemmed in India with the budget speech of the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, 2020-21, in February 2020 where she announced the revision of women’s legal […]
Inclusive Education under Samagra Shiksha
World Disability Day…
By: Er. Prabhat Kishore The National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes the importance of creating enabling mechanisms for providing Children With Special Needs (CWSN) or Divyang, the same opportunities of obtaining quality education as any other child. UN convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities, 2006 accentuates the need of effective access to free and compulsory primary and secondary education for […]
New-age artists in Kashmir preserving their heritage
From embriodary to Ladishah to calligraphy, they shine all over
By: Taiba Hameed Kashmir, never short of stories to tell, is itself a story, and so are the people. The rise of a new generation of artists who use social media to promote and preserve their culture has grown. Modernization has seen culture and heritage be put on the back burner but artists are not […]
COVID-19 VACCINE: BYPASS TO A LONG ROAD
Globally, as of 22 November 2020, there have been 57,882,183 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 1,377,395 deaths, reported to WHO.
By: Umar Bin Abdul Aziz Vaccine research is at the forefront of everyone’s minds as we collectively await a breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).On average, a vaccine takes between (12-36) months to (10-20) years for its manufacture before it is ready for distribution. Today, researchers are working at unprecedented speed to […]
Conundrum of Drug Addiction
By: Vivek Bhat Putting all your worries in abeyance, watching stress from family problems, financial losses, failed affairs all flying in the air with smoke and filling your nostrils and nerves with intoxicants and feeling high like a heaven on earth. It feels good, doesn’t it? Afterwards killing a roadside pedestrian, while you are behind […]
Political Representation of PwD’s in India
The latest National Statistical Office (NSO) survey suggests that persons with any kind of disability constitute 2.2 per cent of India's population, but they still remain politically underrepresented.
By: Mohammad Auyoob Mir The marginalised sections are ubiquitous in world societies. It is the feature of human history which has found its way through a historical process of marginalisation. Marginalisation pushed certain sections of society to the fringes of the social order. It is a systemic way of deprivation and discrimination. Such social groups […]
Concept of Jihad in Islam
What radical groups are propagating is not Jihad but terrorism
By: Muhammad Asgar Khan Jihad is one of the most important basic teachings of Islam and is considered as a medium to achieve greatness, glory, and sovereignty. On that basis, Jihad is compulsory on every Muslim and enforced until the day of Judgment. The term Jihad etymologically is derived from the Arabic word Jahada which […]
