The Arab invasion was a failure. It attacked from the wrong quarter, occupied the least productive province, and was too feebly supported to spread farther. We hear no more of the Arabs as conquerors in India. The role devolved upon the Turks, and when we speak of the Mohammedan empire in India we mean the rule of the… Read More »
We human beings are the only species on this planet that has the superpower of speech. Of words and conversations. We were made to talk, and yet, there is this group of people who call themselves introverts and abstain from talking (too) much. How very odd! I’ve never been — and I dislike using this word for its popular connotation… Read More »
Reported Speech: Whenever you are quoting someone else’s words, you use two kinds of speeches – Direct or Indirect speech. In this chapter, we will learn all about Direct and Indirect speech and how to convert one into another. Whenever you report a speech there’s a reporting verb used like “say” or “tell”. For example: Direct speech: I love to… Read More »
First aid treatment for sunburn includes over-the-counter pain relievers (for example, ibuprofen or naproxen, which are anti-inflammatory drugs), and sunburn gels or creams. If medical treatment is necessary, stronger pain medication, antibiotics, or silver sulfadiazine may be prescribed. Facts on Sunburn (Sun Poisoning) Sunburn results from too much sun or sun-equivalent exposure. Almost everyone has been sunburned or will become sunburned at some time. Anyone who visits a… Read More »
THE SUNNAH OUR UMMAH FAILS TO IMPLEMENT. 1. It is sunnah to marry older women. 2. It is sunnah to marry a divorced person. 3. It is sunnah to marry a widow. 4. It is sunnah to help women with household chores, such as cooking, cleaning, washing, etc. 5. Put food in your wife’s mouth as an expression… Read More »
What is corruption? (See below a discussion of characteristics of corruption). The simplest definition is: Corruption is the misuse of public power (by elected politician or appointed civil servant) for private gain. In order to ensure that not ony public corruption but also private corruption between individuals and businesses could be covered by the same simple definition: Corruption is the misuse… Read More »
Though our luck is written by Allah Subhana Wa’ Tala and surely He has written nothing but the best for us! But, sometimes because of our poor deeds or interference of satan or black magic and evil eyes, people start facing problems in their life. However, the fact is that you can literally change your destiny with dua… Read More »
Time is fragmented. Managers have acknowledged from antiquity that they never seem to have enough time to get all those things done that need to be done. In the latter years of the twentieth century, however, a new phenomenon arose: demand for time from those in leadership roles increased, while the number of hours in a day remained… Read More »
The Cobbler and the Fairies by Katharine Pyle from Mother’s Nursery Tales There was once a cobbler who worked hard at his trade, and yet never seemed to get on in the world. One evening he took his last piece of leather and cut out a pair of shoes and laid the pieces neatly on his bench, expecting… Read More »
Journal Information Folklore is a fully peer-reviewed international journal of folklore and folkloristics. It is one of the earliest English-language journals in the field of folkloristics, first published as The Folk-Lore Record in 1878. It publishes ethnographical and analytical essays on vernacular culture worldwide, specializing in traditional language, narrative, music, song, dance, drama, food ways, medicine, arts and… Read More »