GRAFFITTI: THE URGE TO SPEAK UP, STEP OUT!
By: Ganai Taiyba The term graffiti signifies the content scribbled, scratched, painted or drawn on walls that are usually in broad public view, using spray cans, hand art and other skills of writing, painting and drawings. The art form has emerged as a common mans urge to speak up and step out and convey something […]
Celebrating Kashmir University’s Excellence…
An Open Letter to Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the Varsity
Excellency, The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir Esteemed Sir, It is highly encouraging that University of Kashmir being first choice of students in Kashmir for higher Studies, has been included in the list of top 50 Universities in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018. It is Significant. However, there is always scope for […]
Vox popli: Challenging status, abusing power!
‘Tampering with Article 35-A shall have severe consequences’
The state of Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing uproar over the petition filed to scrap Article 35-A of Indian Constitution. The petition challenging the Article is to be heard before Supreme Court on Aught 6. This is an article that was added to the Constitution through a Presidential Order under title ‘ The Constitution (Application […]
Inside the artist’s mind
By: Sumit Chakrabarti A Life in Words is a volume of interviews of Paul Auster by I.B. Siegumfeldt. Apparently the book stirs the old debate about whether the writer should talk about his art at all, to ruin, by investing specificity in imagination, the magic of discovery or the wonderment in ambiguity. The artist, however, […]
MENACE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The State Governments should carry out the implementation of comprehensive strategies addressing domestic violence against women that are sensitive to the needs and safety of the victims and hold offenders accountable for their crimes.
By: Dr.Tasaduk Hussain Itoo It is a fact that domestic violence against women is universal across the culture, religion, class and ethnicity. Despite this widespread nature of domestic violence, it is not customarily acknowledged and has remained invisible. This hidden nature of domestic violence against women remains so due to the social construction of the […]
The surge of Marketing Mix and its significance!
By: SYED MUSHAHID HUSSAIN The marketing perspective is the process of presenting an integrated set of stimuli with the intent of evoking a desired set of responses within that target market and setting up channels to receive, interpret and act upon messages and identifying new opportunities. Marketing is the performance of business activities that directs […]
Eradicating the crime of rape
The federal and state governments should provide an enabling environment for civil society groups, religious bodies and other institutions to work together in efforts to tackle the menace of rape.
By: Dr Tasaduk Itoo INTRODUCTION The threat and the incidents of rape in societies are alarming. Women and girls safety is in danger. Every day hundreds of rape is committed by the rapists. In hundreds of ways, large and small, a woman’s life is shaped by the persistent threat of rape: women hesitate to venture […]
‘I did it!’
The excitement of ‘riding solo’ from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
The excitement filled Facebook post of Sameer reads, “Finally after around 4875 kms of drive in 8 days (excluding rest days), KASHMIR to KANYAKUMARI (K2K) SOLO trip completed.” Sameer Ahmad, who hails from North Kashmir’s Sopore, claims to be the first Kashmiri to have achieved the feat of riding solo from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. “I […]
THE MUEZZIN PAR EXCELLENCE: HAZRAT BILAL-E-HABSHI (RA)
The life story of Hazrat Bilal (RA), one of the famous companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), is that of patience and faith. Hazrat Bilal (RA) was born in slavery as his mother was a slave in the house of Umayyah Ibn Khalaf as before the advent of Islam, slave markets were very common […]
POLITICS OF LOVE
Emotions have always been central to the everyday human interactions and drive our social relations. Lately emotions have penetrated the realm of politics with a greater force like never before. As our politics- international, national or local is flooded with emotions of all kinds, politics of Hate, opportunism and anger seems to be the new […]
