Opinion

Showkat Ahmad Wani In the tranquil hamlet of Dachigam, nestled within the verdant embrace of Bandipora, a family of unparalleled virtue and erudition took root nearly three decades ago, forever altering the tapestry of our community.…

Abid Ali Mir Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr stands as one of the most luminous and intellectually powerful figures of the 20th century Islamic world. He became a mujtahid (a qualified independent jurist) at the remarkably young age of 25.…

Er Javid Iqbal Jammu and Kashmir occupies a strategically vital and geographically diverse expanse within the western Himalayas. Characterised by its mountainous terrain, forested valleys, glacial rivers, and high-altitude plains, the…

Shabeer Ahmed Lone  The modern predicament is in difficulty of finding a harmonious balance or meditative blissful internal alchemy among all the vast and various consequence of science, technology, social sciences, democracy, mass…

Taiba Nazir It was Sunday evening. Dusk was falling, the sun was about to set and all the birds and insects were rushing back home. The sun was waving goodbye and the moon was setting its position bit by bit. During this beautiful evening…

Shabeer Ahmad Lone “Do they not reflect upon the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and everything that Allah has created?” (Quran 7:185) "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is,…

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…