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Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Opinion- Page 119

The Kashmir Monitor opinions section features opinion articles, editorial opinions, today's opinion, analysis and columnist & opinion stories.

Ruchi Ram Sahni & Aurel Stein: An Ignoble Encounter

By Bhushan Parimoo Sir Aurel Stein needs no introduction the translator of the famous 12th century Sanskrit chronicle of Kashmir, the Kalhana’s Rajatarangini. A Central Asian explorations explorer, orientalist, archaeologist, geographer, topographer
Nov. 19, 2018

On the Strongman Myth

By Ali Ahmed At the recent Sardar Patel memorial lecture, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, moving outside his mandate as an official, made a case for a strong government in India for
Nov. 19, 2018

India’s Muslim obsession

By Adil Bhat Pakistan has always been central to India’s right-wing political imagination. The bellicose narrative of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the current leadership and direction of Indian Prime Minister
Nov. 17, 2018

The tyranny of vowels

By Syed Nomanul Haq Urdu script — which is, in fact, an augmented version of Arabo-Persian script — does not by default indicate short vowels, as is the case with its primogenitors.
Nov. 17, 2018

Pride comes before a fall

By Anum Shaharyar Certain stories, it seems, will never stop being adapted, either into other genres and settings, or on to various mediums. One such versatile tale is Jane Austen’s 1813 novel
Nov. 17, 2018

A city in verse

By Taha Kehar The history of Delhi’s love affair with Urdu poetry would fill many volumes. However, Saif Mahmood’s Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City and Her Poets, manages this feat through an
Nov. 17, 2018

To give peace a chance to grow

By Sunanda K. Datta-Ray With yet another anniversary of the Babri Masjid vandalism approaching, Narendra Modi is presented with an opportunity to re-establish his authority as the caring and responsible prime minister
Nov. 17, 2018
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