Syeda Afshana

Syeda Afshana is a faculty at Media Education Research Centre, University of Kashmir.
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Syeda Afshana
"They emerge strong after they are hit hardest. They succeed with one more blow. Vagaries after vagaries."
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"So, we all like stories. We listen to them. We read them. With interest. With curiosity. They engage us. They hold us for a moment. And, they leave a message behind." [Representational Image]
"All his relatives and well-wishers had come to give blessings and good wishes to him when his name appeared on the selection list of teachers. His parents were full of pride in him." [Representational Image]
"Above all, the new world makes-up for the many things the lady has missed: maybe an innocent smile; a selfless gesture; the sincerity of purpose; and the significance of wisdom in everything." [Representational Image]
Talking History | We cannot escape the stigma even if we talk plain and bare his­tory
‘Bollywoodfication’ of marriages is glorified, and we brag of such absurdity and wastefulness of our social occasions.
"Displaying myriad literary influences, and speaking in many voices, the poet always tries to, with the needle of irony and ecstasy, weave his way through the warp of the past and present." [Representational Image]
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"My sight was blurred with the blood that was splashed on me. I thought to myself whether I was really made to exist to see this day." [Representational Image]
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"Actually, when you sacrifice and still sing; when you suffer and still smile; when you die and still live—that’s dynamism, that’s gallantry." [Image for representational purpose only]
"There were about 1.4 million firearm deaths in the US between 1968 and 2011 compared to 1.2 million US deaths in all wars ever fought by the country." [Image for representational purpose only]
Unfair End
Men watch as rescue operation is underway along Jammu-Srinagar highway where 10 laborers came under debris after a part of mountain collapsed on Friday.
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His crime is quite heinous.” “Sir, he is just a kid, don’t frame him in any militancy related activity….” she retorted back. Without listening to her, the officer angrily shouted, “I told you that his offence is more forbidding and I hold you people equally responsible for it. [Image for representational purpose only]
This Eid we can lend a helping hand to the people who really deserve our support. This will actually bring a true essence to this festival of empathy. [Representational Image]
"I make people laugh over me while I tirelessly try to feel them cry. I bleed just to be betrayed. And I often recluse back in the shades of obscurity." [Representational Image]
Fragile Expectation
"If the vegetation grows too much, it can completely wipe out all fish from the water body. For this reason, fishermen dislike algae and other kinds of rapid growing vegetation found in water." [Image for representational Image]
A view of dark clouds covering the sky. [Image for representational purpose only]
A vehicle fallen into a gorge after meeting an accident on the highway. [Image for representational purpose only]
"People take stanch standpoints and pursue them doggedly. Blustering is taking shapes of fanatical discourse and dreaded drama."
"Of late, a sadder image emerged because of freakish weather. In March, when soothing sunshine used to announce the arrival of spring, the sweltering heat is bringing in a forbidding message." [Representational Image]
"She is the perfect workmanship of God; the true glory of Angels; the rare miracle of Earth; and the sole wonder of the World. Mankind is obliged to her: first for life itself and then for making it worth having." [Representational Image]
Unpromising Paths
Drug Abuse Debacle
"The helper in this story is the one who dies cheaply over and again, and the donor is Kashmir, which loses everything in the end."
"Packs of stray dogs feed on the food items present in the garbage heaps; besides being fed munificently around military bunkers."
Besides acquiring firsthand experience with the newest weapon technology used in counter-insurgency, Rohit becomes an anchor of two parallel poignant tales running in sync.
"During British Raj, Indians ever more felt powerless and betrayed."
Health workers during a door-to-door COVID vaccination drive at Mujipathri area of Khansahib in central Kashmir's Budgam district on Thursday January 20, 2022 [File]
"The sarfaroshi-ki-tamana shown and exhibited by all and sundry ei­ther on their own or by some ‘driving-force’ is enough to set the tone for a high dose of nationalism."
Sahil said while entering the huge magnificent gates. The gates of Paradise, wherein he was going to spend his everlasting life. The Life Hereafter. [Representational Image]
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