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The Straight Curve

A Sublime Inquiry

Why has the Western world progressed beyond the imagination of us, lesser mortals living here in this petrified land where the pace of life...

A million suns

Imagine a million suns shining upon our planet! Would our planet burn under such heat and light? It would, as a matter of fact....

Uncultural Metamorphosis

Winter has finally set in full throttle. For the past few years, the winter season has begotten less precipitation but killing dry and cold...

Of Tables Turned

I have a confession to make. I never learnt multiplication tables beyond the table of five when I was a kid. I grew up...

Of Achievements and Happiness

Happiness! What does happiness mean to you? According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, happiness means: a) a state of well-being and contentment, b) a pleasurable or...

A Lost Art

W e have come a long way. The internet, the mobile telephony and all have carried us ahead in time as far as communication is...

Personalized Fleecing

India is almost a superpower and quite a threat to other superpowers”, is a sentence which bears no false claims. India has, over the...

The Lab Rats

Even though medical science has galloped at an overwhelming speed eventually increasing the average life span of an individual, there seems to be reason...

Confessions of a Foodie

I love good and great food. I am a foodie and I have no hassles about that. Well, in this life, one of the...

A Gasp of Fresh Air

I sometimes think that I am living an alien life on an entirely different planet. How so? Well, planet Earth has been home to...

“Tappa Sahar”

By: Arshid Malik Ramadhan Mubarak. The blissful and holy month is here and it is time for Muslims across the world to observe fasts and...

An Unbecoming Tale

By: Arshid Malik I sometimes wonder as to how the animal world perceives the growth and prosperity of the human species. Animals are animals and...

Detention

By: ARSHID MALIK When I was a child I was educated under a system that was practically designed to suit the needs and demands of the...

Desi Jugaad and Health Care

Arshid Malik On May 16 Danish, two months old baby, from Shopian was sick. On May 16th he was dead. That is perhaps the new...

Tethering towards Tetanus

Arshid MalikWhat is with the dogs in Kashmir? One they are multiplying faster than bacteria and second they have really hit the note of...