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Concept of education in Islam

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Learning process is neither child centered nor teacher centered, but a collective system based on practical teaching Khursheed Nabi Malla Islam is a complete way of life. Islam provides mankind with a complete guidance for the acquisition of knowledge and transformation of education. Islam lays emphasise more on education. But the philosophy of education as provided by the Islam is quite different from the philosophies of non-Muslim philosophers. The philosophy put forth by Islam must therefore include the concept of accountability of deeds in hereafter and applicability. Man is supposed…

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Music is prohibited in Islam

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Raashid ul Nabi Khan As we all know that music is haraam (forbidden) in Islam. On various radio stations there are bunch of RJs which play music to the listeners on regular basis. Sometimes RJs get feedback from listeners on phone while some of the listeners send messages to boys and some listeners to girls. They also crack immoral jokes and laughing is the regular affair on their programmes. It spreads immorality in the society. The RJs should refrain themselves from music as their Aakhirah (hereafter) is at stake. No…

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Power Projects – A Treasure Lost

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Out of total power generated by projects under NHPC, Jammu Kashmir only gets 13 percent free power – Mohammad Muzaffar Thakur Energy is an essential pre-requisite for sustainable economic growth and development. The energy demand is increasing several folds with the change in life style, population explosion, modernisation and industrialisation. Prosperity which economic development brings, in turn stimulates demand for more and better quality and sustainable energy services. Advance industrialised societies use more energy per unit of economic output and for more energy per capita than poorer societies, especially those remaining…

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Chillai Kalan’s Darbar Move

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Fiction by Dr Shabir Ahmad Mir The perusal of centuries of our history will reveal that there are two things that have remained faithfully persistent with us during winters. One is gossip and the other is Chillai Kalan. I don’t know about gossip but this year Chillai Kalan has forsaken us for sure. Our noons no longer shiver with its dread and cold instead the sun like a snob is glowing at our misery and helplessness. Kangris are becoming too hot to handle and Pherans are thirsty for a drink of…

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Letter to Anupam Kher

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Don’t sell your conscience to buy an award  Dear Anupam Kher I was impelled to write you a letter the day Padma Bhushan award (third highest civilian award in India) was announced for you. But I thought you must be too jubilant. Perhaps, you would be floating in the air. When people achieve something beyond their prowess or talent, they float in the air. No, do not write me off as a troll. For, I am not. And, I will be, anyway, explaining in great detail, why the Padma Bhushan…

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Rumours in Kashmir

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It takes just a rumour for the entire Kashmir to turn mad Javaid Malik Rumours, rumours, and rumours; that’s what Kashmir is for the past many years, especially during the past 25-years of turmoil. When the armed rebellion broke out in Kashmir in late eighties, rumours used to spread like wildfire even in the absence of mobile phones and technology. When turmoil was its peak rumours about what is going to happen next used to be the favourite pastime for the people as they had no other option, other than…

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BJP on a sticky wicket

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Sheikh Shabir Sudden death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is an irreparable loss to his party PDP. Since his demise, PDP has been in a fix over continuing the government with the erstwhile partner BJP. In fact Sayeed’s departure is no little loss to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had entered into an alliance with PDP and formed the government in March 2015. By winning 25 seats in 2014 assembly polls, BJP had not only silenced its critics but also set the cat among the pigeons of the other…

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Mehbooba’s hesitation in assuming power in Jammu Kashmir!

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-Dr. Abdul Ruff Jammu Kashmir, already troubled, is now without a government for days as the CM designate Mehbooba Mufti, daughter of former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who passed away last week, is not showing any inclination to hurriedly assume chief ministership in Srinagar. She is mourning the death of her father cum political mentor. Since then, the future of the BJP-PDP alliance has been under a cloud with Mehbooba Mufti maintaining an uneasy silence over the fate of the coalition government. It is certain that the PDP has lost…

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With PDP-BJP 2.0 loading, Kashmir braces for yet another experiment

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Suhail Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir has seen many political experiments with the latest in the list being the 2014 PDP-BJP alliance. At the end of these experiments, the political players often feign regret and even do a review exercise to see what went wrong. The latest we have heard is the PDP’s review of its coalition with BJP. Last year, they took almost two months to announce their alliance. And here we are again, PDP and BJP playing mind games ahead of government formation. It looks like a repeat telecast…

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Kashmir for the Solo Female Traveler

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By Shally Kashmir? Alone? Its not safe. You’ll get bored? What if something bad happens? There are terrorists in Kashmir. What if you got kidnapped?” These were responses not from my parents, but from people my own age. In this post I’d like to address these very legitimate concerns. Media has portrayed Kashmir as a war zone for so many years , So of course when I was about to embark on my solo trip to Kashmir I was nervous as hell. But from fellow travelers I had heard that it was very…

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