Jan 27, 2021thoughts on poverty and IslamFirst, the term ‘eradicating poverty’ is nonsense. Why? Before answering ‘why’, I need to talk a little bit about the term ‘poverty’. Mostly we describe poverty in terms of economic condition. So if you do not have much money you are a poor. The term is relative and the millionaire…Poverty3 min readPoverty3 min read
May 31, 2020It is complex to understanding humanRobert McNamara the Defense secretary during the Vietnam war was a man of science and materialism. He would reduce anything complex into a bunch of charts and graphs. He would explain anything in quantitative terms with a number of indicators. For example, he would set a bunch of indicators and…Humanity3 min readHumanity3 min read
May 26, 2020The narrative of the ‘Chosen One’ in light of The Story of David and BathshebaThe greatest gift of God to Muslims is the Quran. The gift of the Quran is not limited to its text but the divine guarantee to keep that text intact from getting corrupted and mixed with man-made amendments. The Torah and Gospel were also divine texts, except that filthy hands…White Supremacy4 min readWhite Supremacy4 min read
Mar 13, 2020Missing the PointLet us spend some time with these two verses from Surah al-Isra’a (Chapter 17 of the Quran, verses 59 and 60) And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her…Corona5 min readCorona5 min read
Mar 9, 2020Seizure of your LordA recent article in the New Yorker magazine goes as follows: China was the first country to forcibly restrict the personal movements, public events, and business activities of its people — eleven million in Wuhan, the megacity and global epicenter of the COVID-19 coronavirus. On January 23rd, soldiers wearing black…Corona3 min readCorona3 min read
Feb 21, 2020waiting for SDGsIn a fine 3rd Feb 2020 morning, I attended a lecture by Prof. Jeffry Sachs on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and his pessimistic view on the progress made by countries and challenges which SDGs are facing given the increasing hostility towards multilateralism and the tilting of powerful states like USA…Development3 min readDevelopment3 min read
Feb 19, 2020happiness without GodI was listening to a podcast where Richard Layard was giving a lecture at the London School of Economics about his book “Can we be happier”. I came to know that he is among the authors of the World Happiness Report along with Jeffrey Sachs and John F. Helliwell. Honestly…Happiness3 min readHappiness3 min read
Dec 25, 2019getting out of the intellectual desertI just wanted here to write anything after a long time. I am confessing an inner dilemma and sickness related to producing intellectual stuff. I have always felt that I have unique things to share with the world, but then when I wanted to sit and write an article something…Knowledge5 min readKnowledge5 min read
Apr 6, 2019Serving Nginx domain in DigitalOcean and running React app as a subdirectoryI found bits and pieces information here and there, and hence documenting the steps I followed as a future reference for me, and for anyone else in my shoes. Nginx setup I created a droplet from DigitalOceal ($5/month) and followed their tutorial on installing NginX server on Ubuntu 18.04, as well as…Nginx4 min readNginx4 min read
Mar 19, 2019How to Handle White SupremacyA perspective by a Muslim — Brendon Tarrant on 15th March 2019 killed 50 innocent Muslims during Friday prayer in two Christchurch mosques, New Zealand. He broadcasted the killings live and left a 74-page manifesto describing a typical white supremacist ideology. It saddens me a lot to see the amount of hatred white supremacist have towards…Islam9 min readIslam9 min read
