Virtual Pilgrimage to Iraq-the city of splendid shrines and mosques!
By: SARTAJ AHMAD SOFI Iraq is a country in western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the North, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the south-east, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the south-west and Syria to the west. Baghdad is the capital and the largest city of Iraq. It is the homeland to the […]
Plan for a Happy New Year!
(Students need to become more organized in their tasks. It doesn’t matter how much time we have in our hands if we can’t manage it properly – we’ll just spend most of the day running around aimlessly. The serious concern that has gripped the society is time mismanagement. Undoubtedly being timely and punctual is a […]
Remembering Mirza Ghalib
Dil hii to hai na sang-o-Khisht dard se bhar na aaye kyuun. Roenge ham hazaar baar koii hamen sataaye kyuun.
By: ABID WACHKOO It’s only my heart, not a stone or brick, Why should it not be overcome with pain?I will cry a thousand times,Why should one torment stop me? Why do you ask me to stop brooding, stop crying? Why do you torment me? Why do you ask me to compose myself? Why don’t […]
The Row and Ruckus about KAS
By: Mudasir Ahmad Gori Kashmir is always busy with some issue day in and day out. There is hardly any day when we do not see resentment of people being expressed on roads, written in placards, posters and banners. One of the recent episodes of resentment is that of Civil Service Aspirants (KAS). The JKPSC […]
No divine panacea for resolving Kashmir dispute
All stakeholders must come forward for ending this bloody conflict
BY: Er Suhail Ahmad J&K with a population of 1.25 crore is stuck in a vicious cycle of bloodshed that has consumed around 13000 civilians, 22000 militants since 1989 (According to Ministry Of Home Affairs), thus renderings thousands of children orphan, many a women windows and parents helpless. Besides this huge loss of life, considerable […]
TIK TOK- THE TALK OF THE TOWN
By: Talib Shahin More or less everybody is somewhat interested in social networking nowadays. When it comes to social networks, it is FACEBOOK which first comes to one’s mind. But social networking today is not limited only to FACEBOOK as we also have a photo and video based social network site like INSTAGRAM, and video […]
A wall that unites!
Kashmir is known for hospitality and generosity throughout the World. People here are always ready to render services whenever situation demands. This winter as the freezing cold gripped valley, a group of volunteers associated with a global organization “Who is Hussain” has come up with an initiative which had originally started in Mashhad city […]
Liberal Democracy and the Right to Dissent
By: Zahid Sultan and Bhat Irshad Relatively, liberal democracy, without any doubt, is regarded as the best available form of government in the modern world. There are various mechanisms, principles and procedures through which we can measure the working of a liberal democracy and these may include right to dissent, minority rights, constitutionalism, limited government […]
To be a teacher is to continue learning!
Besides the development of scientific temper among children, it is the teacher who works hard for our social, moral and economic reformation.
Prophet Mohammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) once said, “I have been descended as a teacher “. This Hadith (prophet’s saying) is enough to prove the worth of a teacher in any given society. Teachers are the people who have freed Nations from the yokes of slavery by sowing the seeds of revolution in […]
The Looming Threat
Incidents involving multiple players are often very difficult to resolve due to conflicting interests of the parties involved. However, one such incident that had happy ending concerns 20 year old youth resident of Khanyar in downtown Srinagar named Ehtesham Bilal. Studying Radiography in Noida, he left the university premises without telling anyone after he was […]
