The Times of India | May 27, 2024 According to a tradition, the Prophet of Islam observed: One who believes in God and the Last Day should either speak words of goodness or keep quiet. (Sahih al-…

The Times of India | April 29, 2024 When a road is under repair, a notice bearing the words “Road Closed” is put up to warn unwary travellers. But this does not mean that the path to one’s…

The Sunday Guardian | April 07, 2024 A medical college professor, putting a student through an oral examination, asked him, “How many of these pills would you give to a man who had suffered a heart…

SOULVEDA | FEBRUARY 16, 2024 A twelve-year-old boy came running home one evening hoping for something to eat, for he felt ravenously hungry. His mother replied to him sadly. “I have nothing to give…

Soulveda | January 31, 2024 A senior college teacher once commented to me with considerable bitterness, “There are no second chances in life. Wonderful opportunities to advance myself are coming my…

The Speaking Tree Blog | January 01, 2024 According to the law of nature laid down in the Quran in the chapter Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), ‘minority’ and ‘majority’ are relative terms. It is not…

Mr. Ram Ratan Kapila ran a refrigerator and air-conditioner business by the name of Kapsons, with its offices at Asif Ali Road in New Delhi. Requiring a captivating name for his firm, he advertised…

Waking up in the morning to the noisy chirrup of the birds, a man noticed a broken egg lying on the ground. It had obviously fallen from a nest built by sparrows just under the ceiling of his modest…

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, a Russian novelist who was deeply moved by the trials and tribulations of his people, gave a concrete shape in his stories of their unenviable existence. He…