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One of the most startling insights of our times is that communication is environment and that cultural change closely follows the march of information technology. Parvez Manzoor examines recent socio-philosophic thought that probes the dialectics of media communication and cultural environment.

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In the formative years of my life, magazines kept me posted on the developments in the world. They were the only resources to go beyond the obvious to the deeper significations of events. When I read, it seemed to me that magazines observed from the sidelines and presented various shades of opinions. And that was much before the studios of TV channels took a cue from Tim Sebastian and came up with the desi versions of BBC’s Hard Talk. Now we have live altercations and verbal encounters on issues whether they are newsworthy or not.

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Newspapers and magazines everywhere have played a major role in informing the readers and influencing public opinion since the press began in India in the nineteenth century. Like in all other aspects of modernization, Muslims lagged behind almost every group in journalism. This article reviews English language Muslim press in India since independence and suggests concrete steps for improvement.

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The images that comes to one’s mind on hearing the name ‘al Banna’ in Egypt is that of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). But what Gamal al Banna the youngest brother of MB founder Hassan al Banna upheld throughout his life was altogether just the opposite.

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The Kochi Muziris Biennale, the first of its kind in India was initially celebrated in the media as an Olympics of contemporary art. The Biennale was expected to cater to and enhance the prospects of art works based on the local life of Kochi, especially the Fort Kochi, Mattancherry regions having a rich legacy of local art and culture of traditional Kochi life.

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Interactive Blogemics carried a piece under the title ‘Moulid: Beyond Rashid Rida's Tolerance’ in its last issue. Here is an engaging discussion based on it in the Facebook group 'Garden of Bliss!'

Saleem Ch: Teach your children three things; Love of your Prophet; Love of his Ahl al-Bait and the recitation of the Quran.

Hadith- [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 16, Page 456, Hadith 45409 | Kash al-Khifa, Vol. 11, Page 74, Hadith 34157]

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Steamed Beet Cake

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Rumi is one of the literary sensations especially in the West . He serves as a beacon of hope for a lot who are lost in the desolate world of spiritual famine.   He is a friend of the love-starved romantic and a master of the traveler on the metaphysical quest. The most widely read poet in the West today, his writings have been adopted by the likes of Madonna.

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A stage for diverse music traditions in the world and different cultures, Rainforest Music Festival for the year 2013 will be held on June 28-30 in Kuching, Malaysia. The major theme underlying in this gathering of sound is this: each band and each performer is a unit of voice/voices. When units come together in a space, it becomes the microcosm of the world we live in: an assemblage of varying tastes and perceptions.

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She sat in front of me; the dejection in her eyes mixed with something else – confusion, bewilderment. She still didn’t know where she went wrong, how she went wrong. She tried to do everything right, the way he wanted it. She tried hard, a bit too hard perhaps.
She had been married for two years. It was when her husband’s assaults failed to induce a response from her that he realized there was something wrong with her. Ironic. No matter what he did to her, how he treated her, she always strived for his approval, accepting everything he gave with submission.