That She too was a Human

Narrating An Encounter Not At All Pleasant

INBETWEEN DREAMS By Shariq J. Reyaz

It lingered on a little longer in my memory, that face! It was difficult to forget it. There was something about that face. Even the self-assuring notions did not work. All I could do was close my eyes, gulp down my phlegm and think about something better.But thinking about something better was More

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LAPAROSCOPY

Minimal Intervention, Less Pain

Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS), bandaid surgery, or keyhole surgery, is a modern surgical technique in which operations in the abdomen are performed through small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) as opposed to the larger incisions needed in laparotomy. Keyhole More

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Oozing Wounds

KALE PEDON KA JANGAL BY DR RIAZ TAWHEEDI IS A VALUED ADDITION TO THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN BY ITS OWN PEOPLE.

BOOK REVIEW By Professor Muhammad Aslam

kale pedon ka jangal by Dr Riaz Tawheedi (published by Mezaan Publishers, Srinagar 2011; pp. 103; price ` 200) is a collection of twenty-one short stories written in simple but lucid Urdu. The stories are about Kashmir and on themes which are not unfamiliar to us. The author has taken pains to paint More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu