Dowry: the menace must be eradicated

I had an interesting piece of conversation with a research scholar from Kerala. He told me that besides having high indicators of human development, like above ninety percent literacy rate as we all know, one evil that has plagued the Keralite society is dowry. It was surprising for me to understand More

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Emotional catastrophe

 This refers to the suggestion made by 'Rakesh Duda' in his letter addressed to the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh about introducing of "Parent care leave" in our system. The write up in GK plus on 18-04-2010 was thought-provoking and really an eye-opener for all of us. For our economic More

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Great loss

This refers to the article titled “Death of Genius”. The writer has given very authentic information about the life of noted Islamic scholar, Dr. Israr Ahmad. His death is indeed a great loss to the entire humankind, particularly Muslims. He conveyed the message of peace. His main motive was to have More

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Benefitting employees

This refers to various articles against the recent strike by employees in Jammu and Kashmir. Firstly, we need to understand what these employees demand and for whom. If an employee gets a salary of Rs.15000 per month, where does that go? He doesn’t keep it in his pocket, but uses it to fulfill the requirements More

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Take note

This refers to the story about "Quality education" by Faheem Aslam. I was shocked to see a government school operating from a cowshed. If we are to impart quality education, we must have sound infrastructure. Otherwise the students are bound to suffer, and we may never be able to achieve the goal of More

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Recruitment bill

This refers to the much talked about recruitment bill. In every respect, it is anti-Kashmir. The eight percent reservation for SCs doesn’t make any sense. It is just to deprive Kashmiris of their rights. Mateen Yousuf             BBA More

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Not cheap

This refers to the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah’s statement that Kashmiri blood is not cheap. Indeed it is not cheap. But unfortunately, over the years it has become too cheap, as anyone can kill us anytime, and go unpunished. We need not to cite cases after cases here as an evidence. But the point More

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Music today

This refers to various musical programmes shown on television through various channels. In a programme a person sung a song originally sung by an old singer. One of the judge remarked “leave these old songs and singers, there remains nothing in those kind of songs”. He asked him to sing something new More

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Cardio centre

 This refers to news item “Kashmir To Get Advanced Cardiovascular Centre”. It is really a wonderful job being done by Dr. Fayaz Shawl. Our valley really lacks such modern and sophisticated health centres. Every Kashmiri in general and our Government in particular should welcome Dr. Shawl. It is More

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