American democracy in peril?
Events over the last one year shows that the world’s largest superpower itself faces challenges to its democratic system, while it continues to preach the world about democratic values.
It seems a paradox. But one of the oldest democracies of the world, the United States which has the habit of preaching the world about democracy and democratic traditions, including to the largest functioning democracy of the world i.e. India, it itself is facing a democratic crisis. A debate is currently on in the US […]
‘Future of Urdu media lies in going digital’
More about Urdu Press in J&K …
As the Urdu newspapers in Jammu and Kashmir, for quite a long time, are grappling with the existential crisis caused by certain reasons (many of them discussed by the experts ‘Monday Read’ on January 3, 2021 in Kashmir Images), the stakeholders believe the digital media holds a bright future for Urdu Journalism in this region. […]
Better education can change narratives
By: Faizan Ahmad Beig Kashmir is a very beautiful place. God has endowed it with immense natural beauty – lush green forests, lakes, rivers, meadows and mountains apart from its scintillating villages and suburbs. We have enough natural resources and an economy which is good enough to sustain itself. But, unfortunately, Kashmir has been the […]
How Bangladesh became India’s favorite export destination
By: Ozair Islam In Fiscal Year 2022, Bangladesh is expected to be India’s fourth-largest export destination jumping from the fifth place it is currently holding. This is definitely a landmark for the Indo-Bangladesh relations which began on 6 December 1971 with India’s recognition of Bangladesh as an independent state. It is a time-honored decision to […]
Strained Indo-Maldives Relations
Once cordial relations between the two sea neighbouring countries have soured during the last three years, but the mature handling by both governments may result in restoring the ties back to normal.
A lot has happened in the bilateral relations between India and Maldives during the last ten years. The relations which were once described as one of the most vibrant and dynamic, have turned into one in which India has been painted as a villain. Though the genesis started ten years back, yet it gathered further […]
URDU NEWSPAPERS: Challenges, lacunae, fears, hopes
Lala Mulk Raj Saraf, known as Baba-i-Sahafat (father of Journalism in J&K), launched first Urdu newspaper – weekly Ranbir (named after autocratic ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh) from Jammu in 1924 and in the next two years, Urdu journalism (also called Urdu press) will complete a century of its existence in Jammu & Kashmir. Although long […]
Has the pandemic fundamentally changed our ethics?
By: Hugh Breakey Over the past two years, our lives have changed in unprecedented ways. In the face of the pandemic, we have been required to obey demanding new rules and accept new risks, making enormous changes to our daily lives. These disruptions can challenge us to think differently about ethics – about what we […]
New Year and the story of resolutions!
By: Mohmod Irfan Shah The beginning of a new calendar year is marked by celebrations across the globe and different cultures celebrate the occasion in different ways with certain things generally in common. The festivity associated with this occasion is no less than a religious festival, or even more, in today’s era. People mark it […]
Free Winter Tuition- A good for all initiative
By: Zahid Mukhtar Rangraze In the year 2016-17, the then Govt of J&K came up with an initiative of free winter coaching for all at some limited locations that were easily accessible, centrally located and with a good population of the student community. The program of Govt’s Free Winter Coaching was initially designed for the […]
Of courage and reconciliation
Respecting life as it comes and coping with failures is all that we need
Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon, they shine when it’s their time- Maulana Rumi Surprisingly, despite clear legal rulings, societal norms and also religious descriptions regarding suicides, it has become very common in our society today. Problems and worries have certainly increased in the face of […]
