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Aftab Husain Kola
Aftab Husain Kola

Aftab Husain Kola is an India journalist and writer who has worked with Times of Oman, Muscat, for 12 years. He has contributed to prominent newspapers like Arab News, Saudi Gazette, Deccan Herald, Indian Express, and Brunei Times. Kola regularly writes for the Muslim World League Journal, Makkah, and has also authored two books.

LooCafes: Free luxury washrooms to aid India’s sanitation program

In a world where millions don’t have access to safe sanitation, a noble initiative in India to address the issue has met with resounding response, at least initially.Ixora Corporate Services, a...

 Arab Ki Sarai, the caravans of bygone era, restored to old glory in India

History tells us that Arabs went from place to place either for trade or propagation of Islam, or both, or for seeking knowledge. During these travels, they needed more frequent places of rest than...

 Mobile schools to bring Indian state education to children’s doorsteps

Children who find it difficult to travel distances to go to schools in India will soon be able to get education at their doorsteps, thanks to a new scheme. This will benefit India’s Karnataka...

 IN PICTURES: Arab physicist Ibn al-Haytham’s works to come alive in Manchester

The celebrated 11th century physicist and mathematic genius, Alhasan Ibn al-Haytham, known in the West by his Latinized first name as Alhazen, would come alive at a family event in the United Kingdom...

 IN PICTURES: India’s 100th airport is picturesque, tourism destination on its own

Inauguration of Pakyong airport in India’s state of Sikkim reflects the tiny state as a veritable tourist paradise.India’s 100th airport ensconced in a verdant environs is touted as...

 Pilgrim and the seven magical seeds that brought Arab coffee to shores of India

India, the world’s sixth-largest coffee grower, on an average produces about 3.2 lakh tons of coffee every year of which 75 percent are exported to countries like Italy, Germany, Russia, Belgium...

 Arab nations high on India’s thriving medical tourism agenda

Buoyed by the good response for medical tourism India has received in the last few years, the government, the Confederate of Indian Industries (CII), the hospitals and other stakeholders are drawing...

 IN PICTURES: Renovation time for India’s historic mosque, with Mecca connection

A 17th-century mosque in India’s historic city of Hyderabad, which is said to have been built with granite and bricks brought from Mecca in Saudi Arabia, is undergoing restoration to restore its...