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Sunday, June 07, 2026

Opinion- Page 210

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

Tougher isn’t better

Reactionary law reform has always been an easy way for governments to appear tough on crime, and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 is no different. It betrays a lack of thought
Apr. 24, 2018

Poetry After Kathua

I am thinking about poetry. It could be because I found a lot of poetry floating around in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl in Kathua.
Apr. 24, 2018
Xiamen: Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session at 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province in China, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. AP/PTI(AP9_4_2017_000016B)

India and China: Over to the leaders

If war has become too important to be left to the generals in the modern era, high-stakes diplomacy is too important to be left to the diplomats. In agreeing to an “informal
Apr. 24, 2018

Follow Mayawati for salvation

MAYAWATI is an Indian politician but she has a great message for Pakistan. Why? She has an excellent idea for all troubled democracies, not the least her very own India. Mayawati leads
Apr. 24, 2018

The Republic of Impunity

Nirbhaya’s rape and the brutal attack on her in December 2012, and her death subsequently, shook the conscience of the nation as no similar crime in the recent past had done. It
Apr. 23, 2018

Call Hate Crime By Its Name

The Kathua rape case, as suggested by the chargesheet, was a pre-planned rape of a child with the object of terrorising and evicting a particular community from a particular region. The refusal
Apr. 23, 2018

Death penalty is not the answer

Amid belligerent demands for capital punishment for rapists, on Sunday the President signed an ordinance that introduces the death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12. But
Apr. 23, 2018
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