Holy Refresh
Muhammad Raafi
Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is here.
It is usually the celebration time throughout the Muslim world. This month shifts the...
God, gods and the bug.
Zamir AhmadAbout four thousand years ago, an interesting conversation took place between Prophet Abraham and the king Nimrod. The conversation has been beautifully recorded...
Ramadhan: The time for purification of the soul
Zamir AhmadLet nothing be inside of you.Be empty: give your lips to the lips of the reed.When like a reed you fill with His...
Let’s Talk Dal
Shams Irfan
What is the shortest way to reach God or get heard by Him? This riddle has baffled me ever since I attained adulthood.
I...
The Idea of an institution
ZAMIR AHMADThe last two decades of the ‘new world order’, market economy, globalization and most importantly, the IT revolution have changed the way we...
‘The Dirty Secret’
Bilal Handoo
Emergence of 20,000 graves within four years after masses mobilised must have haunted Kashmir. It still does, even when dementia has taken over....
Great Fall
Riyaz Ul Khaliq
Praise thy Lord! With the demise of former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the ‘North Pole-South Pole’ alliance of two ideologically diverse...
Angry, dejected & frustrated youth of Kashmir
Syed Tasaduq Nazmi
Introduction
‘Knowledge’ and ‘Frustration’ seem two expressions on different tracks without any link. Kashmir connects them intricately. When we analyze the circumstances of...
Entrepreneurship and Islam
Zamir AhmedLast week a youth led initiative went relatively unnoticed before our overly politicized society. The Initiative was the “One Young Kashmir” six-day youth...
Beneficiaries of Conflict
In a situation within which vested interests remain harvesters of everything in the name of national interest and defending status quo, it is the...
Catch-22
Riyaz Ul Khaliq
“My son achieved purpose of his life,” summed up mother of Dawood who died fighting Indian forces in South Kashmir. “Why should...
No Rocket Science this!
Zamir AhmadAlbert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is known for developing the theory of relativity, a path breaking study...
An open letter to the people of India
Dear all
I am a Kashmiri student of psychology. While studying the topic of resistance to persuasion, I came across this: “Few of us like...
Kashmir on New Media
TARIQUE A BHAT
Newspapers were the kings of media but their crowns are about to topple off. The growth of what they call grassroots journalism...
Eluding Eureka
Ever since, Eureka made Archimedes and his bathtub immortal, the Greek word continued symbolizing positive changes and discoveries for the larger good of humanity....