Life around the circle
By: Farhad Ahmad Pir Fear is something we encounter on a frequent basis. We experience it in different ways each and every day. Broadly, fear can be divided into two types, natural and worldly fear. All other fears are the extension of these two categories. In the past few decades we were engirdled by the […]
Moral education is as important as science!
By: Salik Bilal As we know that education stands for all round development of a personality and personality is a multidimensional word, which in its holistic view can be understood by four “S” i.e Sihah (good health) Salahiyyah (which includes all cognitive elements) salihiyyah ( which includes moral and ethical development) and suhbah ( which […]
Phulaiy Gulan Henz
Hajin township of Bandipora District is known for its academic and literary prominence among the literary circles of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The township has produced some renowned and towering writers, poets and critiques. Wahaab Parray Hajini who is commonly known as the Firdousee of Kashmir, is known for his translation of Shahnaama […]
Stop discrimination, avoid prejudice
Discriminatio, unfortunately still exists in societies and must be fought in every form
By: JAVAID JAFRI Discrimination, in its root meaning is not at all wrong as it simply refers to the act of distinguishing one subject from another. However, in modern usage, the term refers to ‘wrongful discrimination or distinguish among people on the basis of prejudice instead of the basis of prejudice of individual merit. In […]
The KAS quandary
By: Nazim Humayoon First of all let me be clear that this piece is not meant to hurt sentiments and elations of any, be it the ones who made it to greater leaps in life or the one who failed to achieve much. Not only me, but numerous others must have expressed their viewpoints and […]
Winter Woes
By: Suhail Ahmad Winter in Kashmir, has been a tedious season for ages altogether, but with the global weather changes the impact of winter had begun to decimate. However, from last few years, the heavy snowfall and chilly winters are back, which results in a sudden crash of facilities like electricity, water supply, eatable supply, […]
Vox Popli: Hoping for a better today!
Kashmir has been witnessing the worst times with each day bringing in the news of death and destruction. People here yearn for good news to come their way and it has been a longing for a lifetime. But New Year is here and people across the world celebrate New Year with zest and often come […]
Addiction to Social Media: Are we being programmed!
By: Dr. Inamul Bashir Social media addiction refers to a compulsive and excessive use of social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Tik Tok, QZone, Skype, LinkedIn, Viber, Pinterest, Telegram, Tinder, Reddit, and Snapchat) despite knowing the fact that the use of these platforms is having a negative effect on our […]
Upsurge; Rising after a Fall…
By: Mansoor Ahmad Shaikh Early morning, Nashfa is preparing for a new life with a spark in her eyes to get over all the frightful stuff that she has come across in recent past. While, with a lot of jumbled things in her life, she decided not to touch those broken glasses and shift the […]
Saying adieu never seemed so bad!
By: ABID WACHKOO We can’t start the next chapter of our life if we keep on reading the last one. On the evening of my University graduation it hit me—the familiar faces and places I’d grown so accustomed to, over the last four years, would soon be changing. The anxiety of that reality had started […]
