The age of stress

Are we driven by a limitless ambition?

WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE

This week it was mental health all the way. An old story is rendered anew. Here it goes. It is about a woman called Sibyl who prays to her god Apollo that she be granted a wish. The wish was simple. She wanted to live for ever. The god grants the wish and sibyl lives endlessly. Having lived for More

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Right to express, assaulted

Prashant Bhushan is law incarnate holding fast the ideals supreme in the world

COMMENT By Dr A Majid Siraj

A highly respected member of the India’s civil society and a top Supreme Court lawyer was assaulted in his own chamber because he expressed dispassionate and veritable views that are already entrenched in the dispute overwhelming Kashmir politics.  Prashant made a statement to stop ruthless treatment More

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A Cigar, A Cry

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

I always wondered why men smoke. To be frank, I had a strong revulsion for smokers. But only yesterday, my antipathy and curiosity was resolved. More precisely, it was dissolved! After a pretty long time, I ventured into my library for a dusting. As I wiped off the dusty racks, a small book slipped More

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Of Old and Bad Coins

Nostalgia By ZGM

Ours was a small world-- it was a world of four miles radius but it had its own beauty.  In this small but beautiful world, I had discovered my own wonderlands, which excited me, thrilled me and filled my hearts with all joy.  The Siraj bazaar- with shops of fur boots, bridle makers, sports More

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Loving our failures

If only we understand errors, violations and mistakes

Dateline SRINAGAR By Arjimand Hussain Talib

Talking about failures in many cultures is like taboo. Kashmiri society, like other forward looking societies, is bubbling with ambitions and hyper ambitions.  Quest for success is all pervading. As ambitions rise, so do the costs for nursing these. Some costs sometimes are too high, not even More

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