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 COVID-19 and Child Labour

Javaid Iqbal Khan The numbers related to child labour in India were bleak even before the pandemic. Census 2011 data suggests that the total number of child labourers in India between 5-14 years of age is 4.35 million (main workers)…

Towards Becoming a Rotarian – a Global Citizen 

Nature and its appeal is probably innate to me because I often contemplate and meditate about the value and worth of nature in our lives. I have been inclined to the environment since my childhood days. I would often think about the…

A silent, sullen and colourless Eid of Kashmir

Deeply Engrossed in my thoughts, the bygone memories play infront of me like butterflies- merrily and happily flying around the flowers and sucking nectar. Ah! these childhood memories always evoke nostalgia and often make me…

Violence Against Women: The Hidden Pandemic

I recently uploaded a video on my what's App status. The theme of video was financial equality between men and women. While reacting to my status, a good friend of mine wrote something unexpected to me; that left me open…

Ramadhan : The Month of Blessings

Fast is one-fourth of faith- as the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has said: ‘Fast is half of patience and patience is half of faith.’ Of all the regulations of religion, fast keeps special connection with Allah. The Prophet (saw)…