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Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Opinion- Page 153

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

Dissent & democracy: A real debate needed

By Patralekha Chatterjee Are citizens and dissenters two separate groups of people? How far will ordinary people be willing to resist when confronted with situations not to their liking? What role does
Sep. 6, 2018

An assault on the right to privacy

By Kalpana Kannabiran Privacy was declared as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court in August 2017. Yet, a year later, on August 28, we were witness to searches and arrests that
Sep. 6, 2018

IAS has now become a customer service

By K.B.S SIDHU The IAS, the successor of the heaven-born Indian Civil Service of the British Raj, is under an increasing onslaught from the other all-India and central services. The latter has
Sep. 6, 2018

Allies Give BJP a Hard Time

By Venkatesh Kesari & Seema Mustafa All is not well with the National Democratic Alliance, with the Bharatiya Janata Party finding itself increasingly isolated within. The arrests and raids on activists in
Sep. 5, 2018
Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan speaks to assembled members of the Chatham House international forum at Chatham House in central London on January 14, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal / AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

Imran Khan’s existential crisis in Pakistan

By Nitin Pai Last week, when the US government announced it would “re-programme” $300 million in military assistance to Pakistan, it was only the latest in a series of actions that have
Sep. 5, 2018

Routes to Afghanistan: on 2+2 talks

By Suhasini Haidar A year after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his “South Asia policy” for Afghanistan, senior American officials will be in the region for talks this week. Secretary of State
Sep. 5, 2018

The dead tell tales

By Sankarshan Thakur Somewhere in his copious meditations on the nature of Soviet Russia, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had made a remark whose truth has far outlasted the life of his oppressor regime. Paraphrased,
Sep. 5, 2018

Dissent Is Democracy

By L Ramdas I am a former fauji who retired as Chief of the Naval Staff on September 30 1993. I joined the Joint Services Wing, Clement Town, Dehra Dun, as a
Sep. 5, 2018
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