When Elias Stadiatis descended into the indigo-blue water, he had a normal day of searching for sponges ahead of him. Weighed down in a copper diving suit, surrounded by a tangle of breathing tubes, Stadiatis eventually reached the seafloor. As he squinted into the dim, he took in a haunting...
The raindrops danced upon the windowpane on a serene, rainy day as a grandfather and his grandson, Rumi, cozied up in their living room. Rumi, with a twinkle in his eye and a tray of delectable snacks in hand, approached his grandfather. He knew that their conversations often took fascinating...
To my young friends, this ode I sing, In the dawn of life, where dreams take wing, You stand on the threshold of a world unknown, With hearts aflame, with passions grown. Oh, young souls, wild and free, Explorers of possibilities, you shall be, In your eyes, I see the...
Learning how things are done the right way and mastering them are what hugely contribute to empowering yourself as a person and being competitive in areas you are interested in excelling. However, when it comes to grasping information and understanding it, we often have trouble following what we are trying...
Can you live a thousand lives? No, no, I am not talking about the eternal hereafter. I am talking about living on this very planet earth. George Martin believes we can. He is a bestselling American writer, quite famous for his book series- A Song of Ice and Fire. He...
A large list of Bosniaks were prominent military commanders, admirals, viziers, pashas, scholars, and artists in the Ottoman Empire. Many left behind numerous monuments like mosques, madrasas, hammams, bezistans, residential facilities, bridges, etc. In this article, we present four selected mosques in Istanbul, sponsored by Bosniaks. Historical Background Bosniaks, besides...
Completing the higher secondary certificate exam, commonly known as the HSC exam for Bengali medium and the A Level exam for English medium in our country, is an inexplicable moment. On the one hand, lies the excitement of finally getting the introduction to adulthood, stepping out of own comfort zone...
France may be the most visited country in the world for its architecture, food and fine arts but at the same time, it carries bitter memories of violence, division and broken promises. Sensible French people secreted cortisol hormone over the death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk whom French police killed in...
A glimpse through an interstice caught, Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room around the stove late of a winter night, and I unremark’d seated in a corner, Of a youth who loves me and whom I love, silently approaching and seating himself near, that he may...
Every day I bear a burden, and I bear this calamity for a purpose: I bear the discomfort of cold and December’s snow in hope of spring. Before the fattener-up of all who are lean, I drag this so emaciated body; Though they expel me from two hundred cities, I...
Dear subscribers Assalamu alaikum. Hope the issue of your favourite magazine the ‘Youth Wave’ will find you in good psycho-physical health. The world is now on the cusp of third world war and apparently the possible war will emanate from ongoing Russia-Ukraine. But, in fact, the magnitude of worldwide economic...
Rules for Food and Drink Hazrat Jaber (RAA) is reported that Abu Humaid, one of the Ansars, came from Naqi with a pot of milk to the Prophet (pbuh). The Prophet (pbuh) said: why have you not covered it even by placing a wood thereon? (Bukhari & Muslim) Maintain hygiene...
How to select of a company Keep yourself content with those who call upon their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His pleasure, and do not let your eyes pass beyond them. Do you seek the pomp and glitter of the world? Do not follow him whose heart We have caused...
Do you think? Of course, I do. That’s surely a stupid question. We all think. Human being cannot function without some sort of thinking. Ok, that’s fair. Cats and dogs also function as a species. Do they think as well? If they do, how are we different from them? Well,...
Today we are bombarded with information from morning till night. There is so much noise from television, social media, radio and even the Internet that we often overlook quieter activities that have a tremendous impact on our mental fitness — our brain. Fortunately, the human brain is one of the...
On a warm late winter morning, Antonio Lancellotta, a 35-year-old farmer, shows me around one of his family’s unorthodox 1.8-acre (7,280 square metre) greenhouse in Scalea, southern Italy. Rows of lush citron trees (Citrus medica), heavy with white flowers fill the space. Yet, above the trees, at about 12.5ft (3.8m)...
The winner of the 16th edition is Anna Drozd-Tutaj (Poland) of the ‘Sculpture and Installation’ section, with the work The Power of the Element, a rare example of a work of art that uses crochet doilies to create a contemporary and spectacular composition which, despite its monumentality, retains an ephemeral character. The jury’s...
Even with the walls of a volcanic crater looming behind the white-washed single-storey buildings, it would be easy to miss the sleepy town of Tao. It only takes a few moments to pass through it as you drive along the LZ-20 highway that cuts across the middle of Lanzarote, in...
Millions of Muslims around the globe recite the verses of the Qur’an daily in their prayers. In Ramadan, recitation of the entire Qur’an is completed in thousands of mosques around the world. In some cases, the recitation of the entire Qur’an is completed in three nights in the last ten...
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