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Ramazan: Psychological Benefits

by Dr Widaad Zaman Oh, you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may develop self-restraint Qur’ān 2:183. The first command to fast in the Qur’ān contains...

Understanding al-Hijama, the Wet Cupping

by Dr Shabir Ahmad In our day-to-day life, our body is exposed to a number of toxins and harmful organisms. Things we eat or drink are also not of the quality as they should...

On Government College of Education

by Mohammad Shoaib A place where students can freely meet discus talk and exchange views not just amongst themselves but also with the faculty and staff is actually an ideal situation that helps in creating...

My Winter Memories

by Mohammad Hanief As the November sets in Kashmir, the winter talk gets popular among people. Till November, only women folk have the responsibility to look after things for winter and get them in perfect...

How SSA Teachers Suffer?

by Sheikh Shabir As a government school teacher in Jammu and Kashmir, I have the experience of teaching up to the higher secondary level. So, I know the plight of the teachers, working under Sarva...

Sleeping on blood

by YounisKaloo Barring nurses’ counter, the lone doctor on the night shift in the Emergency Ward of Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura ordered the lights out at 1 am. The patients, mostly accompanied...

Using Social Media In Academia

by Dr Khurshid Ahmad Tariq Life is witnessing a continuous transition, so does the means and modes of communication. Technology has revived our life and has changed the rules of our social animal status. Social...

De-motivating Teachers

by Sheikh Shabir Teaching is a very difficult profession. It consumes the energy of teachers, needs hard-work, patience and passion. True, teachers dedicate themselves to shaping life and livelihood of students, the society's future. Doing that...

When Vajpayee Saved Me From Being Lynched

by Iftikhar Gilani The first time I saw former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee face-to-face was when riots had broken out in the Nizamuddin locality in the heart of Delhi sometime in the early 90s. I...

Meet Pakistan’s Marxist MP Who Rose From Tribal Areas, Amid Massacres

by Farooq Tariq Ali Wazir, a central committee member of The Struggle, has won a seat in the national parliament from NA-50 (Tribal Area – XI) with 23530 votes and his closest rival from a...

Little girls write to PM, seeks fathers release

Suzanne Shah & Sundas Shah Sir, Jailed separatist Shahid-ul Islam's two school-going daughters have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for humane treatment of political prisoners, reminding him that their father's pro-dialogue stance had led to...

Shujaat, My Friend

by Munir-ul-Islam In my official position as Director Information at times Shujaat would at times get annoyed with me. My standard response would be, bayaa zimdari chekh dichmech, kareh kyah. (brother, this is thankless job,...

Ramadan Fitness

by Asif Ali People nowadays are very much aware of the significance of fitness in the daily life. There is a huge difference between the eleven months of the daily calendar and the month of...

Let Jinnah Stay Back

by Dr Altaf Hussain Para The disturbances and uproar in Aligarh Muslim University followed by assaults on its students by the gang lords of right-wing Hindu Yuva Vahini is yet another reminder of the dangerous...

AMU: Know How Jinnah’s Portrait Triggered A Crisis

by Mujahid Mughal On April 27, activists of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had written a letter to the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, Dr Tariq Mansoor, seeking permission to organise ‘shakhas (camps)’...

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