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Say no to energy-boosting drinks
They are found in the drinks sections of supermarkets and mini markets everywhere; most come with exotic names and in eye-catching containers. But are these drinks which are primarily targeted towards our youth harmful in the long run? Should parents ...
The abuse of prayer breaks
“Why not write about the break times?” she volunteered helpfully as she often does when I present her with a blank look. “Why don’t you highlight the issue of the extraordinary number of break times business establishments in the Kingdom ...
Kashmir should be free
Historically, the Kashmir dispute is a fallout from the Partition of India. The Muslim-majority parts of British India became Pakistan and the Hindu-majority regions became the Dominion of India. There were, at that time, some 575 princely states in India ...
The Israeli operatives in Washington
These spies are not your covert foreign agents. No indeed! These operatives are Americans who publicly proclaim their allegiance to the flag. They could be your next-door neighbors, mowing the lawn on a Saturday morning or throwing a couple of ...
A marriage of convenience
“Misfar” marriage refers to a union contracted so that a woman may cohabitate with her foreign “husband” for the period of time he is visiting a foreign country. These women are usually divorced after a short period which ranges from ...
The other side of the coin
My recent articles on Kashmir have evoked a wide range of responses that keep trickling into my mailbox. The majority seems to be in agreement with my alarm at the course of action the Indian government has chosen to take ...
India’s democracy is at stake
“I was born in Barabanki a small town near Lucknow, the capital of United Provinces (a Hindu majority province) in British India some 87 years ago. I remember living for some years in Agra (the 1940s) where my father was ...
Play now, pay later
While the global economic downturn of recent times has not gone unnoticed and has had its impact regionally to an extent, many of us trapped in past habits of spending more than we earn have simply not learned our lessons ...
India’s road to fascism
The recent invasion of Kashmir and the abrogation of several charters of the Indian constitution spells danger to a democracy already fraught with creeping fascism, as the Hindutva saffron brigade has been encouraged to set about making the lives of ...
Kashmir is under attack
Their next-door neighbor, Pakistan has not been amused by the recent activity. In fact, it was the Pakistani PM’s call on the US President Trump to mediate and solve the Kashmiri issue diplomatically that set off the right-wing Indian government ...
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