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If you wish to be of use after death – then donate your body

6/16/2026 7:05:06 PM

Kalpana Pandey

A few months ago, I decided to donate my body and went to KEM Hospital in Mumbai to complete the formal process. The purpose behind this decision was to help dispel superstitions, customs and misconceptions about death in society, to make my body useful for medical education and research after my death, to promote scientific, rational and humanist thought, and to ...

When is the Right Time to Liberate PoJK?

6/15/2026 7:45:17 PM

By Fatima Baloch

The original princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which included Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bhimber, Rawalakot, and Sudhnoti, was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947–48. Today, the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), mobilized by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), are protesting for a combination of economic, pol ...

The Modern Baloch Nationalism and the Taliban:Comparative Paths to Sovereignty in South Asia

6/11/2026 5:14:56 PM

By Fatima Baloch

The Baloch are an ancient Kurd-Arab-rooted nation who live on both sides of the borders under Pakistani and Iranian control, as well as in parts of southern Afghanistan where they are relatively well established. Historically, Balochistan was divided primarily due to British colonial interests in the late nineteenth century. This division created buffer zones between the ...