Declining Culture of Reading Books
Book reading culture has seen an abrupt and huge slump over the years. The question arises what actually has sounded a death knell to it? The obvious and factual answer…
Bilal Ahmad Dar
Kashmir Towards Cultural Recession
A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it. This new civilization brings with it new family styles; changed ways of working,…
Dwindling Speakers of Kashmiri Language: Reasons and Repercussions
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. ---.Samuel Johnson Mother Tongue/Language is without any doubt the identity of any nation.…
Information Overload: A New Challenge for a Modern Man to Tackle
We are vessels of very limited content. Not all men can read all books; it is only in a chosen few that any man can find his appointed food. R.L…
Physical Exercise an Antidote to Drug Addiction
Courage is not having the strength to go on-it is going on when you do not have strength. ---Napoleon Bonaparte Drug addiction among youth is alarmingly rampant these days. This…
Oniomania
When life hasn’t got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomanic compulsions, in as much as they are going out of their way to construct a flamboyant…
Tsundoku
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones: J. Joubert Book buying like other things is a…
We Need Digital Detox
Cell phones are so convenient that they’re an inconvenience. Haruki Murakami Technology, as we know, has transformed our life. It has made things easy for us. It has lessened the…
If India is Secular!
In practice, India has been neither secular nor socialist. It has always functioned as an upper-caste Hindu state. Arundhati Roy The Constitution of India is based on the premise of…
Jacinda Ardern: A Prime Minister with Difference
The best leaders have a high consideration factor. They really care about their people. … Brian Tracy 21st Century has produced lot of political leaders all over the world.…
The Half Mother as a Narrative of Pain and Trauma of Kashmiri Women
A daughter still waits for her father to wed her off. A wife searches for her husband. And a mother still pines for her son and waits for him to…
Muslim Minority in Contemporary India
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. James Baldwin Leaving aside the economic and educational position of Muslim minority in India, the question that…
Emergence of Resistance Literature in Kashmir
Where there is oppression, there is resistance. Michel Foucault Kashmir, as everyone knows, has been at the onslaught of military oppression and atrocities from times aeon. It has witnessed…
Abrogation of Article 370 for Development or Disaster: Time Tells It All
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell When the Article 370 was abrogated…
Journos Under Siege: A Case of Kashmir
We’re losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press. Roger Ailes Objective and unbiased journalism should be encouraged but in…
Kashmir: The Lost Shangrila
Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mehkoom-O- Majboor –O- Faqeer Kal Jise Ahl-E- Nazar Khete Thay Iran-E- Sagheer. Sir Allama Iqbal Kashmir has witnessed a cataclysmic change in the last…
Internet Ban in Kashmir and Its Impact on People
India’s Internet shutdown in Kashmir is the longest ever in a democracy.The Washington Post Internet ban in Kashmir is a norm now. Prior to the abrogation of Article…
Who Cares for the Border Dwellers!
Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence…
Survival of the unfittest?
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. Carl Sagan Survival in…
Denominational Coloring of Corona Spread: A Methodical Move
The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions. Dwight Eisenhower India has earned a bad name for many preposterous moves and prejudiced acts against Muslims. The…
Covid 19 and the People of Kashmir
The whole world has come to a pretty pass because of COVID 19 pandemic. The so-called super power countries like China, America, Italy etc. have…
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