Sadaf Wani is a Kashmiri writer and a senior communications professional authored her latest book, City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar. In this book, she draws on her childhood experiences of the mid-90s, captivated by unrestrained insurgencies, upheavals, and augmenting militarization, and the early 2000s, soaked with a series of violent acts in response to civil protests. Wani shares the reminiscences of her personal acquaintances with the locality and the serious scholarship of ...
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Sheikh Nazir Angered by Palestinian Flag in Muharram Procession
VoL Desk, July 16: President of Jamiat Ulema Isna Ashriya Kargil, Sheikh Nazir Mehdi Mohammadi, expressed anger during the 9th Muharram procession, instructing the removal of a Palestinian flag from the Kaksar-Chuliskamboo-Budgam village procession. Sheikh Nazir emphasized that Muharram should be solely dedicated to mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain.
Citing a tradition of Imam Hassan Mujtaba (a.s.), “There is no day like yours, O Aba Abdullah,” Sheikh Nazir stated that only Imam Huss...
Sumoor Awarded Title of “Book Village of Ladakh”
Leh, July 15, 2024: In a landmark event, Sumoor Village has been officially declared as the ‘Book Village of Ladakh’. The launch was graced by the Deputy Chairman, Tsering Angchuk, and the Deputy Commissioner, Leh Santosh Sukhadeve, who inaugurated the first book village of Ladakh.
This initiative led by the Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh and supported by LAHDC Leh, aims to transform village education through innovative approaches. The project has successfully installed 16 mini libraries...
بقائے انسانیت اور احیائے اسلام ہے کربلا
نواسہ رسول ؐ امام عالی مقام حضرت امام حسین علیہ السلام تاریخ بشریت کی وہ عظیم اور مقدس ہستی ہیں، جنہوں نے بقائے بشریت اور احیائے اسلام کے لئے مقدس لہو کا ایک ایک قطرہ سرزمین کربلا پر قربان کردیا۔۶۰ ہجری میں نواسہ رسول حضرت امام حسین علیہ السلام نے دین و انسانیت کی ڈوبتی ہوئی کشتی کو ٹھکانے لگانے کے خاطر ایک مصمم،پرعزم اور مضبوط تحریک کی بنیاد ڈال دی جس نے اسلام اور انسانیت کی نجات میں بے نظیر کردار ادا کیا۔ یہ تحریک اہداف ،نظریات اور افکارات کی تحریک تھی۔ امام عالی مقام حضرت امام حسین ؑنے’’ا...
Water Crisis in Sukutiyal Village of Drass Subdivision: Urgent Appeal for Assistance
VoL Desk, July 11: Sukutiyal village in the Drass Subdivision, under the Bhimbat Councillor Constituency, is experiencing a severe shortage of drinking and irrigation water, according to a correspondence from the villagers to the Voice of Ladakh.
Residents have been forced to collect water from a spring located between 500 meters to 1 kilometer away from their homes. Additionally, some volunteers use their vehicles to transport water in 500-liter Sintex tanks to distribute among the neigh...
BYCS India’s SheCycling Initiative Brings Bicycle Literacy to Women in Leh
Leh, Juy 08: SheCycling, a nationwide bicycle literacy campaign based in Kerala for women by
BYCS India organised a three day cycling learning camp for women in Leh.
The camp was organised at and with the support of Disko Valley Bike Park Leh. The camp in Leh
was a small but first of its kind initiative supported by Stawa, The Nookad Vibes and The Zen.
Prakash P. Gopinath and Zeenath M.A. were the organizers and conducted the camp as Senior National Project Coordinators.
SheCycling ...
Karbala: The Battle of Values
On the tenth of Muharram 61 AH, an unparalleled, unforgettable, everlasting event took place on the bank of river Euphrates in Karbala, which saw the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s), grandson of Prophet Muhammad (saw) along with his seventy-two companions besides their households being taken as captives and paraded in towns and villages across Iraq and Syria. At the bloodstained land of Karbala Hussain (as) fell to arrows, spears and swords under the scorching sun of Arabia in the heated fur...
The Plastic Bomb
Plastic pollution is one of the most concerning environmental issues, that the world is combating now. It is more prevalent in developing Asian and African countries where plastic collection and recycling systems are inefficient.
India, which generates 9.4 million tons of plastic waste annually, ranks third after the USA and China. The per capita plastic consumption in India was estimated at 15 kilograms per person in 2021, a 14 percent rise over the previous three decades. Rapid urbaniz...
Future of the Data-Centric Infrastructure
Introduction
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, data has become the new oil, driving innovation and transformation across industries. As we move into an era defined by the rapid exchange of information and the growing need for data-driven decision-making, the infrastructure that supports this data becomes increasingly vital. This article presents a brief analysis into the future of the data-centric infrastructure, examining its implications, the role of emerging technologies, sustai...
A Day with the Purig Cultural and Literary Society in Kargil
The affiliation with media profession since last many years provided me the opportunity to hold the veins and gauge public sentiments on different issues. And I believe that the current young generation is much enthusiastic about reviving and preserving the local language. Sensing this curiosity among youth the Purig Cultural and Literary Society has been quenching the thrust of the Purgi speaking community. I was also wondering, how the society would contribute in reviving the culture and p...