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» The British stress solution

By News Team | Published 10/28/2006 | Habitat | Rating:

If you're feeling a bit stressed out with life, have a good cup of tea to help you unwind, according to a team of UK scientists.A new study by University College London (UCL) researchers showed that drinking daily cups of black tea can help the relaxation process due to its effect on the body's stress hormone levels.

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» Slow pace of quake reconstruction

By News Team | Published 10/9/2006 | Habitat | Rating:

Musadiq Iqbal is one of the lucky ones - he will soon be moving to his new earthquake-resistant house after his old one collapsed in the 8 October, 2005 quake. Only a few are in his position in Katahi, some 50km (25 miles) south-east of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.In most cases, compensation has not been paid or does not meet the costs of the compulsory new quake-resistant design. Thousands in this mountainous region will have to brave a second chilly winter in temporary shelters.

By Zulfiqar Ali.

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» South Asia earthquake: One year on

By News Team | Published 10/9/2006 | Habitat | Rating:

On 8 October 2005, at 0350 GMT, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, leaving about 75,000 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. Much of the worst damage was in the disputed territory of Kashmir.The epicentre was located 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad but was felt in the Pakistani capital and across South Asia, from Afghanistan to western Bangladesh.

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» Islamic women's groups test Syrian secularism

By News Team | Published 09/10/2006 | Habitat | Rating:

By Katherine Zoepf.

DAMASCUS Enas al-Kaldi stops in the hallway of her Islamic school for girls and coaxes her 6-year-old schoolmate through a short recitation from the Koran. "It's true that they don't understand what they are memorizing at this age, but we believe that the understanding comes when the Koran becomes part of you," Kaldi, 16, said proudly.

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» They assembled on the banks of holy Chenab

By Farooq Ganai | Published 08/7/2006 | Habitat | Rating:

Away from their happy nests in the Valley displaced Kashmiri Pandits gathered on the banks of Chenab to demonstrate their continued love and affection for those they lost at the hands of another human person turned inhuman and savage on them. They remembered the souls of all their departed loved ones during the Shradha Paksha. In the memory of their loved ones, they ate their favourite foods and remembered the good times they had with them. This was their way of saying, "We love you and still have fond memories of you. Be at peace, where ever you are!" Farooq Ganai writes about the Maha Shradah organised by Panun Kashmir today on Sunday 6 August on the banks of Chenab. Gaashonline Team joins Kashmiri Pandit Community in the offer of their prayers for the departed souls.

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