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By Farida Khanam In an age dominated by noise – both literal and digital – silence is fast becoming a forgotten virtue. Yet, silence has long held a central place in human reflection, wisdom, and even progress. Across cultures, faiths, and philosophies, silence is not viewed as emptiness but as a source of strength and…
In the quiet corners of our homes, a silent presence breathes beside us — loyal, loving, and watchful. With soulful eyes and an honest heart, the dog offers something increasingly rare in our modern lives: unwavering companionship, wordless empathy, and a love that expects nothing in return. Across millennia, dogs have not merely adapted…
The first doll I ever truly craved was a plastic cherub who could blink. As I crooned her to sleep in my off-key, babyish lullaby, she’d flutter her lashes and close her eyes. Magic! The moment I stood her up, snap! those icy blue eyes would spring open like she’d just remembered she left the…
Chethan Kumar As a young democracy grows out of adolescence, its rolling out reels and reels of tales. If the first post office or a telephone connection paints one colour, the Stamp of a stock market scam or the ‘Jewel Thieves’ scandal paint yet another colour. If failure of a sounding rocket was a stepping…
As someone who grew up with a stutter, I discovered early on that music lets me express myself and speak clearly. Recognising the uplifting power of music, I’ve dreamed of wanting to make it easier for people to play, learn, and share music. Over the past few months, my team and I have been working…
That a Muslim South Asian may be the next mayor of New York is a story of American identity getting seriously impacted by immigrant demographics. But it’s as much about class as race. A combative Leftie is taking on ‘privilege’ in a town most wealthy ‘New Yorkers’ don’t call home anymore Imagine New York City….
Some very rich countries in West Asia, called Gulf Arab states, are stuck in a tough situation. A recent short fight between two powerful countries, Israel and Iran, scared them a lot. Why? Because if the fight had turned into a big war, it could have affected the whole region, including them. Here’s why it’s…
The other day, my 17-year-old niece looked my wife dead in the eye and said, “You grew up bored.” It wasn’t an insult. It was said with the clinical certainty of someone who’s watched two TikToks on attention spans and half a YouTube explainer on dopamine loops. But I saw my wife turn a few…
At the pharmacy’s front shelf sat a row of slick bottles, a good quarter of them crowned with chrome or beige lids: Radiance Boost Serum, Anti-Aging Serum, Deep Repair Serum. What these had in common, apart from their pleasing promises, was that they were, well, not serums. But serum—the pale sediment of centrifuged blood—does to…
Nuclear redlines have not just been crossed—they’ve been obliterated. In a world already staggering under war fatigue and geopolitical disarray, the airstrikes launched by Israel against Iran, followed by US B-2 bomber raids on three of Iran’s nuclear sites—Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow—signal not a surgical intervention, but a strategic unravelling. These weren’t empty bunkers; they…
