Today’s youth lives a hectic and pressure- filled life. Many of them have started to lose faith in institutionalised religion. By Bazil Hulmani Spirituality is a process of personal transformation. It is the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.…
Affan Yesvi has set up a non-profit organization called ‘The Inner Call’, which has been contributing in spheres of mental health, environment protection, women’s empowerment and youth activities with the aim of promoting human values. A Srinagar-based entrepreneur and social activist, Affan Yesvi participated recently in a 3-day United Nations Global Sustainability Development Goals SDGs…
Despite much hardships and the daily struggles of being a Muslim woman who wants to study, Firdous has excelled and secured three medals for her Master’s degree in Physiology from the University of Kalyani, West Bengal. By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain The story of Farhana Firdous, a 25-year-old resident of Murshidabad district, is a testimony of…
We need to live in the presence of God instead of wasting precious time unnecessarily in the presence of ‘online friends’ By B. Hulmani Many people are now so addicted to their mobile phones, it feels like they have lost a limb when they are without them, says a study. Some people feel so bereft…
Dr Mumtaz Naiyer was part of a team at the University of Southampton that made a significant discovery in efforts to develop a vaccine against Zika, dengue and Hepatitis C viruses. Mumtaz Naiyer is currently at the University of Southampton, pursuing his post-doctoral research, but the career of this leading scientist had extremely humble beginnings,…
Afreen Allam, Founder and CEO Of SiNON Therapeutics is a MBA graduate of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and has over 7 years of research in nano-medicine. Her background is in Microbiology and Biochemistry. Her extensive studies on applications of carbon nanotechnology in drug delivery and bio-imaging led to the patent of the Carbon Dot…
if we use our God-given intelligence for the good of others (including non-human species and the natural environment), many of our problems in our society will be solved. By Pousong Gangmei Humans are proud creatures. And what makes them so? Maybe it is because many of them think they can achieve almost everything that they…
Afaf Raed has won the overall award in the challenge to read 50 Arabic books a year. A Palestinian girl has won this year’s Arab Reading Challenge ahead of a record 7.4 million participants across the Arab world and with it a prize of US$150,000. Afaf Raed, 17, has won the overall award in the…
All that it means is that Japan is in win-win situation while we are caught in no-win situation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that we are getting the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train almost for free. But the facts are totally at variance with the claim. The total cost for the Project which entails some under-the-sea…
A research student from Bengaluru recounts her experiences in the National University of Malaysia. By A Staff Writer Malaysia with its luxuriant greenery could be a dream destination for any student wanting not just a scenic campus, but also a really vibrant research environment. Ayesha Firdose who landed in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in…
