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

When KAS exam takes 3 years

The colonial setup of Government functioning was based on efficient and meritocratic foundation of civil service. This entire system was adopted on the basis of satisfactory results in the polity after independence.
Jan. 24, 2018

Three crises in a search of a narrative

A writer looking back on reflections of the year is stunned by the triteness of storytelling. There is almost a standard ritual to annual surveys. One cites an economic index, another makes
Jan. 24, 2018

Politically potent racism against Muslims

As we approach the 69th Republic Day, it may seem that the world’s largest democracy actually nurtures democratic attitudes. But the fact is, our politics continuously defeats India’s people and divides them
Jan. 24, 2018

Troubling questions

The circumstances in which the issue of disqualification if 20 members of the Delhi assembly, belonging to ruling AAP, by the Election Commission and its subsequent ratification by the President of India,
Jan. 22, 2018

The great American

In a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the White House earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump made up the name of a non-existent fighter plane, “F-52,”
Jan. 22, 2018

Rift in the Sangh Parivar exposed

I remember quite distinctly Pravin Togadia’s sensational visit to Pune nearly 14 or 15 years ago. It was a major event announcing the arrival of a “great Hindu icon”, the street which
Jan. 22, 2018

The Nexus between Oil and Terrorism

Inquisitive observers of the Middle Eastern politics would naturally wonder why Western powers prop up the Gulf’s petro-monarchies, knowing fully well that they are the ones responsible for nurturing Islamic extremism. Does
Jan. 23, 2018
Badshah Khan is seen in this undated handout photograph released to Reuters February 3, 2010. Khan was so close to Mahatma Gandhi they shared reading glasses and his biographer joked about their shared vision, but the great Pashtun warrior of the non-violent struggle has been almost forgotten by his people. Now Canadian filmmaker Teri McLuhan hopes to drag the man dubbed "Frontier Gandhi", and his role in winning independence from British rule, back into the limelight.REUTERS/Peace on Earth Productions/Teri C. McLuhan

How the Indian subcontinent has lost its way

On the 30th death anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan today, it is apt to remember him as the man who challenged the subcontinent’s pet stereotypes. He was a Pakhtun or Pathan
Jan. 22, 2018

From dissing Darwin to yogic farming

In 1954, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described big dams like the Bhakra Nangal project “the temples of modern India”. As Nehru made it clear, science and technology – manifested in
Jan. 22, 2018
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