Teachers: A disgraced community
By: Ishaq Begh APJ Abdul Kalam while idolizing a nation builder says, “Teaching is very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me”. Another scholar from the USA, Maggie Gallagher says that, “Of all […]
The Oxford Handbook of India’s National Security review: Chinks in the armour
Scholars point to gaping holes in India’s national security architecture and call for political attention to structural reforms
By: Happymon Jacob National security is a powerful rallying cry that can trigger frantic debates, reasoned analysis and determined policy interventions despite the indeterminacy and fuzziness surrounding its conceptual foundations. There is often a worrying lack of clarity with regard to what national security is, what its contents are, where its boundaries lie, and how […]
An open letter of ‘gratitude’ to CM
Estimable CM,
By: Muhammad Ulfat Anjan It is put into words with a glad heart that we, SSA teachers, are highly grateful to your splendorous self for the countless favours you are showering on us these days. Dear highly regarded mam, we are without salaries from last three months (from February, 2018) and we express sincere gratitude […]
Vox Populi: When kiln chimneys welcomed world Environment Day!
A couple of days ago, world observed yet another calendar event and this time it was the world Environment Day. On such occasions, people, organizations and governments take a pledge to do what they can vis-à-vis the event. So, falling in line, people, organizations as well as governments, this time took pledges in order to […]
THE PLIGHT OF SSA TEACHERS
BY: Rayees Masroor Thousands of SSA teachers are going through a tough ordeal as they are without salaries since Feb 2018, and unfortunately there seems to be no serious concern from the stakeholders to resolve the issue. The sufferings of these teachers is turning out to be a humanitarian crisis which needs immediate attention as […]
The Night Of Qadar: Significance, Prayers And Worship!
Besides fasting and the Taraweeh prayers, the one other thing Ramadan is most known for is the Layla tul Qadr. It is the blessed night in the last ten days of Ramadan and every good deed and act of worship performed during this night gets rewarded with an exponential increase, hence, every Muslim tries to […]
What Data Has Done to Capitalism
By: David Leonhardt I’m regularly frustrated by the process of searching for hotel accommodations for my family of five. We know what we want: a basic suite, like at a Residence Inn, with four beds, two bedrooms and a bathroom off the common area. But we struggle to find it, because hotel search engines make […]
Al-Quds and the Concern of Muslims
By: Gulam Ali Gulzar Al-Quds is a serious concern for Muslim Ummah and it is an established fact, in the light of Qur’an and Sunnah, that if a nation is illegally occupied and oppressed, its lands and resources grabbed by force, then it becomes an obligation for the Muslims to help the oppressed as far […]
Knowledge is Power to Save Nature!
(It is high time to join hands to protect and preserve our environment. Protection of our rich environment is critical to prosperity and sustainable development. Our development and growth will be short-lived if we do not safeguard the natural environment and its resources. There are many ways we can help save our beautiful planet).
There is an ever increasing call to know the concept, outcomes as well as sustainable solutions to the environmental issues. All of us need to be environmentalists and plan a better future for our present and for the coming generations. One of the most severe problems that the world is facing today is that of […]
Saeed Mirza interprets the political history of India and the world through personal stories
An excerpt from film-maker Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s new book of personal histories, ‘Memory In The Age of Amnesia’.
Finding Roots I was shooting a documentary on the exquisite tenth-century Hindu and Jain temples at Ellora, in Maharashtra. Most of the shooting was complete and I decided to set up my last shot, a panoramic view, so that the viewer would be able to understand the scale of what had been achieved so many […]
