The Sufi Storyteller speaks to a wider South Asian moment, where Sufi traditions are increasingly invoked as counterpoints to narrowing religious and cultural orthodoxies. By foregrounding storytelling as both a spiritual and political act, Mansab gestures toward the enduring power of narrative to sustain pluralism, recover marginalized voices, and imagine more expansive forms of belonging.
A young woman reading Draupadi's story today and feeling angry about it is not being irreverent. She is doing exactly what you are supposed to do with a text this old and this serious, which is to feel it in your own body and think hard about what it means for where you actually are. We do not honour the Mahabharata by protecting it from that. We honour it by continuing to argue with it
Recent evidence also suggests that AI chatbots are being used by teens to plan violence and other harmful activities. Like all technologies, AI is a double-edged sword. It can either be used for very creative work or destructive activities. Thus, there is a tremendous responsibility for teachers to teach the children and youngsters about the positive aspects of AI.
If diversity and unity are to guide the future, education must change.Most schools and universities today serve industrial monoculture and economic growth. They train the intellect — the “left brain” — to produce administrators and managers. Rational analysis is important, but it is only half of human potential. We also have a “right brain”: intuitive, holistic, relational. An education that neglects creativity, empathy and ecological awareness produces imbalance. It strengthens uniformity and weakens diversity.
They are the Buddhist Kung Fu nuns of Drukpa lineage, known globally for trekking across the Himalayas to clean trash, paddling through mountain rivers to break centuries-old taboos to educate others on women's health, and adopting martial arts as a way to champion gender equality
Bangladeshi director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's acclaimed debut feature film "Nonajoler Kabbo" won the Best Film in the Asian Select NETPAC category of the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival, reports our New Delhi correspondent
It was announced last year that Jemima Goldsmith would be writing and producing her first romantic-comedy – under the banner of her company Instinct Production – titled What's Love Got To Do With It? Reports further added that she was to collaborate with Indian film-maker Shekhar Kapur on the film, which would be his first since the 2007 Oscar-winner Elizabeth: The Golden Age
In a major development towards the revival of international cricket in Pakistan, the South African cricket team arrived in Karachi on Saturday after a break of 14 years
Since her childhood days, Ayesha Siddiqua has watched absolute male dominance in solemnising Muslim marriages
After the very successful national debut, Bangladesh prepares to participate for the second time in the 69th edition of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in USA in May 2021
Australian opener David Warner has said "sorry" to Mohammed Siraj and Team India after members of the visiting team were subjected to alleged racial abuse by a section of a the home crowd during the third Test at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Sri Lankan cricket great and former captain Kumar Sangakarra condemned the racial abuse recently faced by the Indian players in Australia, demanding actions against the culprit, Daily Mirror reported
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has agreed to exempt the film industry from entertainment tax for a period of two years in view of the Covid crisis and its deleterious impact on the industry
Virat Kohli, the Indian cricket captain currently taking a break as he celebrated the birth of a baby girl, joined many others in condemning reported incidents of racial abuse during the third Test between Australia and India, saying it was sad to see what happened with his teammates at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Bangladesh will be the "Country in Focus" at the 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India, which begins in Goa from January 16
Hazara University, in Manshera in Pakistan, has issued a new dress code for the students, faculty and administration staff working there
Regional English language officers at the US Embassy here will enhance the English teaching competency of the teachers of Delhi government schools
Mahtab sinks into a chair with his two-year-old child as the TV news channels play the news of the Covid vaccination dry run
In 2016, she started small—out of the same premises she lives with her family—more of an experiment than a business
