Music of Kashmir: Past perfect, future uncertain
By: Shivangi Singh Kashmir, known as “Heaven on Earth,” has a diverse cultural legacy. Recent trends in Kashmiri poetry have evolved in tandem with contemporary folk music, keeping pace with the changing environment. Sufiana Mausiqi is Kashmir’s classical music, which developed under Sultan Zain-ul-reign Abidin’s in the 15th century (1420-1470). It falls under the category […]
‘HINDU-MUSLIM’
A translation of Sir Syed Ahmad Khans ’Hindu Aur Musalman Mai Irtibaat’
By: Abbas Ali As much as the social behaviour, mutual love, and relationships between Hindus and Muslims keep developing positively, it looks pleasing. Even the Aryan races of the Hindus are not the pure residents of Hindustan; they have arrived from other countries and settled victoriously in Hindustan. Immeasurable time has elapsed since their settlement […]
Oblivious Preachers and the plight of Ummah
A distressing video clip is making rounds on different social media platforms where a young, so-called,Muslim preacher is seen smacking one of his contemporaries in a mosque. The video clip has not only annoyed and saddened masses but has sent shockwaves. Our preachers have begun to use holy pulpits and podiums for their vested interests […]
South Africa’s Energy Crisis Escalates
Behind rolling power cuts loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world.
By: Brian Kamanzi On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom’s Emalahleni office in the heart of South Africa’s coal belt. Workers at Eskom, the nation’s state-owned electricity utility, have been embattled in four rounds of wage […]
Ethics of the younger generation and the use of social media
By: Satyavan Saurabh Social media communication focuses on community-based input, interaction, content-sharing, and collaboration. People use it to stay in touch and interact with friends, family, and different communities. 58.4% of the world’s population uses social media. Average daily usage is 2 hours 27 minutes. Social media has become a necessity in the areas of […]
Expressing Sufism in the common dialect
Khawaja HabibUlLah Nowsheri:
By: Prof. Bashir Ahmad Dar During the recent years, a song has hit almost every household and everyone, young and old, men and women, murmur it often; the song is “Yare gachav diwayae”(My beloved let us go to see the fair). The verses are of the famous Sufi poet of Kashmir Known as Habib Ulllah […]
Biden’s Tour de Saudia Arabia
Joe Biden’s west Asian tour should have been utilised to reset the American ties with different regional players and lay foundations for a more robust engagement but the results seem to be rather disappointing.
American President Joe Biden was on a four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, his first trip to the Middle East since taking office last year, with a lot of expectations about resetting the ties with Saudi Arabia and also giving a new direction to US policies in the Middle East. The visit started with […]
Why do mothers die?
On the night of July 1st, I couldn’t sleep. Lying on my bed, my thoughts suddenly took me to my mother. Why has she left this world? These torturing thoughts troubled me so much because I wasn’t there with my mother when she breathed her lost. I was busy with my goddamn newspaper, and I […]
Ukraine War & Russia, China, US Interests: Energy-starved South Asia walks a tight rope
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created global fiscal disruption. US crude oil briefly hit a 13-year high of US$130 a barrel in March amid Western sanctions on Russian oil and gas, with prices of Russian gas also rising sharply. The ensuing supply chain gap created a global shortage of staples, exacerbating food insecurity as […]
Schooling morality to the young minds!
By: Tajamul Naseem Lone The idea of writing this article came to me in 2016 when I read an article about ‘Education system in Finland’ published in a reputed newspaper of Kashmir. I tried to find that article again but failed. I read that article and was very much impressed by the education system adopted […]
