The Genetic Evolution of Coronaviruses

Number of words: 253 Berlin: Scientists have assessed the course of evolution of the novel Coronavirus and predicted that COVID-19 vaccines currently in use across the world may need regular updates to counter new variants of the virus which are capable of escaping the body’s protective antibodies. The study, published in the journal Virus Evolution, … Read more

Childhood Dreams Meet Legal Realities

Number of words: 819 In North Carolina, officers arrested a six-year-old Black boy for picking a tulip near his bus stop. The aftermath of this flower-picking incident shows racism can blossom at any time. Inequality doesn’t wait until a Black person reaches a particular age or milestone. Rather, systemic racism starts impacting children at a young age … Read more

The Power of Being a Generalist in a Specialized World

Number of words: 1,298 RANGE: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein. Published by arrangement with Riverhead, a member of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2019 by David Epstein. The boy’s father could tell something was different. At six months old, the boy could balance on his father’s palm as he … Read more

Iqbal’s Contribution to the Muslim Intellectual Landscape

Number of words: 355 Though the mentality of the Moslem masses and the new growing middle class was shaped essentially by events, Sir Mohamad Iqbal played an important part in influencing the latter and especially the younger generation. The masses were hardly affected by him. Iqbal had begun by writing powerful nationalist poems in Urdu … Read more

The Rise of Rationalism in 19th Century India

Number of words: 1,066 The real impact of the west came to India in the nineteenth century through technical changes and their dynamic consequences. In the realm of ideas also there was shock and change, a widening of the horizon which had so long been confined within a narrow shell. The first reaction, limited to … Read more