Martin Luther King Jr
Students wearing face masks walk with their belongings after completing 14-days of quarantine at a hotel Pine Spring during government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Srinagar on April 2, 2020. KL Image : Bilal Bahadur
For ages Kashmiris carry a unique yet strange sense of security, perceiving the vale as a uniquely safe microcosm with certain privileges, others are devoid of. Though more of a mental frame, the majority of the population breathes it as faith. Explanations are myriad, for some its religiosity makes it more secure specifically against natural calamities, and for others its location and atmosphere. Hence the constant cry of denial is still being heard through seldom now, despite its duration of more than one year,
Aadil Hussain
Fasting helps in the consumption of the extra glucose, which otherwise results in augmentation of blood sugar level. Hence a normal level of blood sugar is retained. Cardiovascular health also benefits from fasting. Cholesterol, like the extra blood sugar, experiences a reduction, thereby lowering the risk of heart diseases.
At an Iftaar, the breakfast after a long day of fasting.
Ramadan, the month of fasting, is superior to all other months because of the innumerable blessings it approaches with. The month not only stimulates every individual to observe uniform and timely worship but also hosts the moments in which the Holy Quran was revealed. Besides having the Night of
Insensitive comments
April 9, 2021
The insensitive remarks by Prime Minisiter Imran Khan about rape highlights the pervasiveness of victim blaming in our society. Most research on the subject doesn’t support the idea that a victim’s clothes are somehow responsible for provoking a rapist. On the other hand, it has been proved that the perpetrators of this horrific crime exploit the vulnerabilities of their victim. Sexual assault is an act of power and control. The arguments that factors like increasing obscenity and Western culture have contributed to a rise in rape cases in the country are clearly untenable and disturbing. Also, this line of thinking tends to misunderstand the very nature of the crime. In our country, due to the stigma associated with rape, threats from the perpetrators, and the indifferent attitude of the police towards rape victims, many rape victims don’t report the crime.
Aadil Hussain
The tale wants to create hatred and competition among women to safeguard their husbands: each wife begins to take another woman as a husband hunter equivalent to
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An illustration by Irshad Ahmad Mir fora folk tale the Khor and the Rantus
I can’t agree with Margaret Halsey when she portrays folklore as a collection of ridiculous notions not held by her. I rather believe Grandma who would say that folklore forms base to the superstructure of our culture. Yet, when I look back at all the folktales I have been told, I wish some of them like the tale of