Dr Umer Iqbal In a land scorched by centuries of conflict, where borders bled and skies wept ash, a cypress tree stood alone in the face of a towering wall. This is the story of that tree, of roots deeper than the wall, and of winds that could not be stopped. Chapter I: The Wall of Iron Some…
Peerzada Masarat Shah As Iran grapples with one of the most turbulent periods in its post-revolutionary history, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — the country’s Supreme Leader since 1989 — finds himself at the heart of a geopolitical storm. Now in his mid-eighties, Khamenei remains the final surviving architect of the 1979 Islamic Revolution still holding the…
We envision offices humming with competence, decisions made in the clear light of objectivity, and promotions earned, not bestowed. Dr. Fiaz Maqbool FaziliThe dream is achingly simple: a Kashmir where advancement flows from skill and dedication, not whispered connections or greased palms. A land where “Sufarish” – the toxic currency of influence and recommendation –…
Muzaffar Mohi-ud-Din In an age increasingly dominated by screens and keyboards, the simple skill of handwriting is losing its rightful place in the academic development of children. As a teacher and a researcher who has conducted a thesis on English writing skills, visiting various schools across multiple Indian states, I have come to a troubling conclusion:…
The Strange Case is more than a horror story or a moral allegory. It is a psychological mirror, one that forces us to ask uncomfortable questions like who are we when no one is watching? Gowher BhatRobert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, first published in 1886, remains a hauntingly…
