The dog zone

Where dogs have right to pre-emptive strike

COMMENT By Hassan Zainagairi

As the debate on dog menace gains momentum in the vernacular press, the canines, it seems, get more provoked and irritated. The adrenalin in them has doped them to break all records of deadly attacks on humans. They exhibited their “martial race” invincibility when last week in a single day they mauled More

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The question of caste

Is Kashmiri caste system a form of racism?

PREJUDICE By Dr Javed Latoo

Racism or caste system is a crime in anyone’s language. Most of us have a perception that racism or caste system is a phenomenon exclusive to western countries or other parts of India and cannot exist in places like Kashmir where majority are followers of a monotheistic faith. Discussing the topic More

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Scourge of Child Labour

Let’s eradicate it and save children

EXPLOITATION By Touseef Iqbal

The problem of child labour exploitation is a major challenge to the developing countries. Children work at the cost of their right of education which leaves them permanently trapped in the poverty cycle, sadly without the education and literacy required for better paying jobs.  Every nation More

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Adopting alien ways

We must be modern but rooted

CHANGE By Shazia Najar

Western culture is quite pervasive in the attitude of modern day youth. Their perspective of life is quite energetic. For any kind of challenge they come up with an unusual panacea. Their way of decision making is very dynamic, but aping up of the alien culture will ultimately take them away from More

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