Opinion

Bhaskar Nerurkar “According to global health estimates, air pollution now accounts for more than two million deaths annually in India, underscoring the urgent need for both preventive care and financial preparedness.” Air…

PEERZADA AARIF “Teaching is not a generic administrative task; it is a vocation grounded in pedagogical training, subject expertise, and an ethical commitment to students’ intellectual and emotional development.” The recent administrative…

Shabeer Ahmad Lone ستم است اگر هوست کشد که به سیر سروسمن د را تو از پنچه کم نه دیده در خود کشا به چمن درآـ بیدل "It is injustice to seek it beyond, Stretch not your hand afar-enter the garden within." حسن را از خود برون جستن…

Dr Aadil Zeffer A child is akin to an unmarked page, and the writing placed upon it becomes lasting. In an age that privileges credentials, career milestones and the metrics of material success- a quieter, more…

Dr. Aadil Zeffer There is a familiar question that precedes many life choices in most of our homes or any major decision of life- “Hamsai kya wannan, rishtedaar kya wannan?” (“What will the neighbours and relatives say?”). Spoken so…

Malik Nazir Kashmir is once again confronting a troubling food safety crisis. Even as memories of the rotten meat episode remain fresh, a new wave of alarm has swept through households following reports of eggs allegedly containing…

By S. Ahmad On a quiet Saturday morning in the court complex of Bandipora, something quietly transformative unfolds within the walls of the local court complex. The familiar anxiety that usually hangs in the air on working days is…

S A Lone Kashmir’s winter is not merely a season; it is a profound social, environmental, and administrative force that shapes daily life, tests governance, and demands urgent attention to human vulnerability. Across India, early childhood…

By Nasser Ul Gani Sports play a far greater role than simply providing entertainment; they shape behaviour, build character, and create opportunities for a secure future. In regions like Zaingair Sopore in Baramulla district, the rise of…

Shahbaaz Bashir Shah  From the earliest stages of the intellectual life of Mufti Nazir Ahmad Qasmi, his writings, whether reformative or biographical, display a maturity of thought matched by an uncommon facility with language. His prose…