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Preserve ‘Rare Jewels’ in purity
J K Vaid
I am sure you all must have visited the popular picnic spots of Jammu - Mansar Lake and the nearby Surinsar Lake. However, you may not be that much conscious of many a unique feature pertaining to the twin lakes, as have been revealed in the recent...
Bollywood Buzz
A story of unconditional love
ANGREZI MEDIUM is the story of unconditional love between a father and daughter. Champak (Irrfan Khan) is a single parent of Tarika (Radhika Madan) and is based in Udaipur. His brother is Gopi (Deepak Dobriyal) and though both have lot of love for each other, they are also involved...
Personality
The author I love to hate
Gurucharan Gandhi
I don't know if it was true, but I was told many years ago that the famous Urdu poet Bashir Badr had to answer questions based on his own poetry when he was doing MA in Urdu literature. Even if this information was not correct, I wanted it...
Health
Hand Hygiene
Dr M K Mam
As the whole world is fighting the pandemic Corona virus, lot has been and is being said and written about its...
Career & Education
Engineering a fading Career
Niraj Dubey
Indian engineers may figure among the most powerful CEOs in the world, but the country's B.Tech/BE degree has lost its sheen over the years. According to a survey conducted by Aspiring Minds- an employability assessment company, 80 per cent of Indian engineers are unemployable for any job in...
Society
Solution to Gender Equality
Bhupinder Kumar
Women have remained a marginalized section of society across the world. The women liberation movement started gaining momentum by the mid-80s and the current phase of debate on liberation of women is actually a byproduct of an urbanized middle class in academic circles and as a consequence of...
Book Review
Stories of courage
Adarsh Ajit
The book focuses on the impact of the Azadi movement and militancy on education, role and contribution of women in the past, the present and the future with the hope of reconciliation based on pre-90 status of Kashmir. The author begins the book with a poem:
Together we walked...
Fashion
Skin Secrets
Shahnaz Husain
Knowing your skin type is the basis of regular skin care, so that you can select products according to the needs of your skin.
To determine skin type, wipe your face with tissue as soon as you wake up, before cleansing your face. If the tissue is clean, you...
Heritage
Hunter’s Ranch Jammu’s first step towards Village Tourism
Rajan Gandhi
Tourism in India is important for the country's economy and is growing rapidly. The World Travel and Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated 9.2% of India's GDP, supporting around fifty million jobs, 10 % of its total employment.
The sector is predicted to grow at an annual rate of...
Science & Technology
All about VPN
Niraj Dubey
A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, allows you to create a secure connection to another network over the Internet. VPNs can be used to access region-restricted websites, shield your browsing activity from prying eyes on public Wi-Fi, and more.These days VPNs are really popular, but not for the...
Art and Culture
NITF 2020 International Theatre Fest enriches Jammu cultural landscape
By Lalit Gupta
Concluded on Feb 13, 2020, the Nutan International Theatre Festival (NITF 2020) was a welcome gamut of absorbing story lines, intense performances, distinctive voices and glimpses of various fascinating forms.
Apart from providing much needed impetus to the local theater scene, NITF 2020, came as an opportunity for...
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