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Opinion- Page 258

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

Not a criminal act

There are striking similarities between the offence of ‘theft’ and ‘adultery’ under the Indian Penal Code. Encyclopaedia of Diderot &d’Alembert, Vol. 1 (1751) also equated adultery with theft: “adultery is, after homicide,
Jan. 11, 2018

An unwise move

Jammu and Kashmir is preparing for yet another round of unrest due to government’s illogical rather provocative move to hold Panchayat elections in the state. Even as the elections are scheduled to
Jan. 10, 2018

The Increasing Unfitness of Donald Trump

What made the Emperor Nero tick, Suetonius writes in “Lives of the Caesars,” was “a longing for immortality and undying fame, though it was ill-regulated.” Many Romans were convinced that Nero was
Jan. 10, 2018

Muslim women are not hapless victims

On September 9, 1937, Muhammad Ali Jinnah made a passionate speech in the central legislative assembly during the enactment of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act. The Act sought to replace
Jan. 10, 2018

Pakistan’s price of denial

Flawed policies and religious extremism The year, 2017, turned out to be quite tumultuous in terms of political events in Pakistan. The new year did not start on an encouraging note
Jan. 10, 2018

The ‘made in India’ bitcoins

Suspected fraudsters in India have come out with desi versions of bitcoin, a cryptocurrency used globally, and duped unsuspecting people of crores of rupees, police said. And, they are doing this in
Jan. 10, 2018

Need for a human face

That Kashmir is in a permanent state of emergency is in no way an overstatement. Besides overuse of force, an un-ending process of so-called legal and bureaucratic operations portrays a terrifying picture
Jan. 9, 2018

Dark clouds across Asia

What awaits the Asia-Pacific in 2018? Prospects appear, if anything, bleaker than was the case in 2017. More disorder, coming with increasing signs of a breakdown in inter and intra-state relations, is
Jan. 9, 2018
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