The Straight Curve

Arshid MalikFiasco: Values and value systems have taken a hit, here in Kashmir as also elsewhere. Speaking of Kashmir the worst casualty has been...

Arshid MalikThe number of sick people visiting hospitals, both private as well as government run, polyclinics and acclaimed quacks is on a hyperbolic rise...

Arshid MalikSuccess is a monolithic word with a multitude of strings attached. What is success and who is successful is subject to a variety...

Arshid MalikLed to wonder after noticing the signboard that read “Hustle ‘n’ Bustle” on a shop in uptown Srinagar my boss happened to exclaim,...

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When we were kids, we used to be “sitting ducks” for a bowlful of horror stories that were scary enough to make us pee in our pants. This very bouquet of ghost stories stayed rolled up the sleeve of elder siblings, parents and grandparents elementally narrated in times of dire need, which is when we got really naughty. These home-churned “Tales of the Crypt” were melodramatically enhanced by all kinds of sounds, humanly manageable, and eerie grunts and groans until the script really crept up your limbs like vicious little arachnids.

Arshid MalikMea Culpa is a Latin phrase that translates into “my own fault”. There is a history of forgiveness and apology attached to this...

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Back in the year 1998 I chanced upon a discussion with an elderly man from Kashmir who had been part and witness to the ever changing mood

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When I was a kid I used to play a strategy board game called ‘Careers’ with my cousins at home. What made this game one of the most interesting board games of my early life was the fact that no matter who played against me, I always won. Anyways, while moving across the board one would most fear landing in a cell which read ‘Park Bench. Landing on this particular cell meant losing the next move to your opponents

By: Arshad Malik I still remember the day I watched the Hollywood blockbuster movie Titanic. It was an enthralling experience. This movie kicked off a...

ARSHID MALIK Cultural diversity, a product of the vast range of human experiences and achievements is a broad concept based on the connections between people...

Arshid MalikThe mobs in Kashmir stand infuriated once again. This time over the hue and cry is over the banning of prepaid SIM cards...

Arshid MalikIn the year 1897, H. G. Wells published his novella titled “The Invisible Man”. The theme of this peculiar novella is the concept...