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

Another blunder by the Marxists

Angry and frustrated that his theories were being distorted and propagated by some self-styled radical advocates, Karl Marx is believed to have said in 1883: “What is certain is that I am
Jan. 29, 2018

Loud mobs and silent rulers

So, imagine this: you are a young man getting on with your daily life when someone from your religious community, caste or ethnic group comes and taps you on your shoulder. “Hey,”
Jan. 29, 2018

Kaifiyat of KaifiAzmi

Indian film industry has had a very close and beautiful relationship with Urdu literature. But there are only a few litterateurs who stand apart when it comes to bringing Urdu verse to
Jan. 27, 2018

Books one should not miss

Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman is the first book I happened to read right after my mother died in Dallas and I helped bury her early last month, and it helped get
Jan. 27, 2018

MIR AND MANTO

Whenever it seems impossible to make sense of the actions and events around me, I take refuge in the verse of Mir Taqi Mir and the words of Saadat Hasan Manto. The
Jan. 27, 2018

The birds always fly

My grave was left open after a long time. I was taken out of it and lifted into the world but for a short period. I was also told that no human
Jan. 27, 2018

Lessons in South Asian civility

If nothing else India and Pakistan can learn civility from their respective founding fathers when dealing with each other. Mahatma Gandhi addressed Mr Jinnah as Quaid-i-Azam as a mark of respect and
Jan. 27, 2018

A Republic of Inhospitality

As India celebrates Republic Day, and the chests of millions of Indians swell with pride at the thought of our immense diversity and imagined military prowess, it is well to reflect on
Jan. 27, 2018

Why India needs to thank Nehru

R K Laxman once portrayed Jawaharlal Nehru as a one-man orchestra playing all the instruments, with a smile on his face. At the cost of being pilloried by the legions of Narendra
Jan. 27, 2018
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