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Syeda Afshana

Syeda Afshana

Greater Kashmir

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Blurring: A quiet rebellion against precision

01.02.2025 6

Greater Kashmir

Syeda Afshana

Inequality Alarm

25.01.2025 5

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Syeda Afshana

Price of Pressure

18.01.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Syeda Afshana

Real Conservationists!

11.01.2025 2

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Syeda Afshana

Memento Culture- Memorialize Merit or Mass Distribution?

What is a memento? More than a mere object, it is a tangible expression of respect, recognition or remembrance. Rooted in the Latin word memento...

04.01.2025 3

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Syeda Afshana

Ashes to Awakening

Year 2024— a montage of grief and gladness. Under the burden of its violent pulse, humanity bowed, bloodied and broken, beneath the endless rain of...

28.12.2024 2

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Syeda Afshana

Chilly Curse

Seattle is the central city of King County, Washington. Popularly known as the Gateway to Alaska, Seattle is also the largest city in the...

21.12.2024 3

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Syeda Afshana

Art of Perennial Storytelling

Akhtar Mohi-ud-din’s short story Wannun Ma Banyim (I Can’t Tell) is a perfect piece of prose, daringly realistic. Like many of his writings, it...

14.12.2024 2

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Syeda Afshana

When Words Shrink

They say a “word” is more than just a string of letters or sounds laced together. It is the building block of communication, a basin for thought,...

08.12.2024 4

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Syeda Afshana

Blurred Horizons

As the wheels of varsity vehicle hummed along the winding road, nostalgia painted my mind with images of the countryside I once knew. The journey...

30.11.2024 3

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Syeda Afshana

Are We Learning from Road Accidents?

It has been more than a week since the tragic road accident in Srinagar claimed the lives of two young boys and left another fighting for survival....

23.11.2024 5

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Syeda Afshana

Values over Vehicles

The recent tragic road accident in Srinagar, involving an SUV driven recklessly by a schoolboy, has left two young lives lost and another clinging...

16.11.2024 2

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Syeda Afshana

Ruckus

The term “ruckus” typically implies disruption, disarray or disorder—a loud disturbance that diverts attention and escalates confrontation....

10.11.2024 5

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Syeda Afshana

Dismantling Insanity

Known as the ‘Prince of Paradox’ and famous for his wit, British author G. K. Chesterton stands as one of the most enduring essayists of the 20th...

02.11.2024 2

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Syeda Afshana

About Erasure

Erasure Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that focuses on the exploration of erased, omitted or marginalised identities, narratives...

26.10.2024 2

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Syeda Afshana

Season of Reflection & Redemption

October is unfolding. The air grows crisp. Autumn quietly takes center stage. Khizan is here.The trees, once clothed in vibrant green, begin their...

19.10.2024 1

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Syeda Afshana

Beyond Profit and Power

Ratan Tata wasn’t just a rich man. He was more of a good man. Not a business tycoon, he was a humanitarian industrialist who thought beyond profit...

12.10.2024 2

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Syeda Afshana

The Vanishing Human

Animated storytelling has become quite popular over the decades. The stories are warped in reality and delivered through a series of characters,...

06.10.2024 5

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Syeda Afshana

Stray Dogs, Tragedy, Call for Change

Poised between big bungalows and bustling streets, there stood a small shop owned by a humble man who sold day-to-day essentials. A kind and simple...

29.09.2024 3

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Syeda Afshana

Seeing is not Believing

Let the sky fall, when it crumbles, we will stand tall, and face it all together…. These words from Adele’s song are not famous just for their...

22.09.2024 5

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Syeda Afshana

Unseen Wounds

It’s a sight that no one should ever witness. Yet, in the broad daylight of everyday life, the unthinkable happens. A video circulates — an elderly...

15.09.2024 3

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Syeda Afshana

More than Ritual

What is Worship? In its truest sense, it is an act of human expression that goes beyond physical rituals or religious duties. It transcends...

08.09.2024 3

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Syeda Afshana

Don’t Just Hear, But Listen

They say listening is the other half of talking. If people stop listening, it is useless to talk—a point not always appreciated by talkers. Most of...

01.09.2024 3

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Syeda Afshana

Absurd Notions and Therapies!

The article “Is Cutting Off Your Family Good Therapy?” in The New York Times (July, 2024) mentions about the current cultural shift in the West, as...

18.08.2024 10

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Syeda Afshana

Time and Life

Hush of silence enshrouding a modest room With fair curtains drawn, Simple lights switched on Unwillingly illumine a clock Hanging on a wall, Once...

28.07.2024 10

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Syeda Afshana

Jam Tomorrow

The phrase Jam Tomorrow means ‘some pleasant event in the future, which is never likely to materialize’. This derives from Lewis Carroll’s...

21.07.2024 10

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Syeda Afshana

Quest to live forever?

Throughout history, the quest for immortality has captivated human imagination and ambition. Various cultures have devised unique methods and...

14.07.2024 1

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Syeda Afshana