Opinion

Danish Ashraf Khan When merit, hard work, and honesty are ignored—replaced by favoritism, bribery, and nepotism—the damage inflicted goes far beyond individual careers. It silently kills dreams and slowly erodes hope in the hearts of a…

 Yamin Mohammad Munshi Benito Mussolini’s ascent to power in Italy was not merely the result of political strategy or populist appeal—it was driven, in large part, by brute force. At the heart of this force were the Blackshirts,…

Er. Prabhat Kishore Communication has always been of prime importance. With the advent of television in 1927, Indians also dreamed for this service and after independence television service was started in Delhi as a part of All India Radio…

Shabeer Ahmad Lone In a world increasingly defined by boundaries-ethnic, religious, cultural, linguist, geographic, ideological, spiritual, political etc a civilizational imperative and re-awakening to embrace the Other emerges not merely…

Zhou Xiaozhu On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. That was followed by a termination of US funding pledged during the Biden administration…

Iftikhar Rashid Wani We all know that June 5 is celebrated every year as World Environment Day. This observance dates back to 1972, when the United Nations Organization designated it under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)…

Rafakat Rafiq Ahmad The Earth and its resources make life possible. Without sunlight, air, vegetation, and water, life simply cannot exist. Yet, if we continue to misuse these natural blessings, a future without them may become our grim…

Ivan Carrillo During the high-level plenary of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), held in October in Cali, Colombia, an Indigenous representative offered a powerful analogy to illustrate the…

Firdous Ahmad Malik  In a quiet village nestled between green hills and flowing streams lived a boy named Ahmad. Life had never been kind to him. He lost his father at five, and his mother—a resilient but weary woman—took up sewing and odd…

By Syed Majid Gilani Not every bond is built on love and warmth. Sometimes, it's merely a shadow of what it should have been — a connection soaked in pain, not affection. This is the story of such a bond — a loveless, silent relationship…