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The Kashmir Monitor opinions section features opinion articles, editorial opinions, today's opinion, analysis and columnist & opinion stories.
March 25, 2024

PM Modi could swing Tesla to India

On March 15, the government announced a new scheme to promote investment in EVs. Any company willing to invest $500 million in a new manufacturing facility that begins production in three years…

Pollsters hate to be wrong, but …….

By Yogendra Yadav The election season has begun. So has the season for opinion polls. We have already had at least three nationwide opinion polls, and all of them forecast a reduction…
February 15, 2019

The last total revolution turns 40

By Hamid Dabashi I can close my eyes and hear the chants: “Marg bar fascism! Marg bar fascism!” It was a fine summer day in July 1979. I was a graduate student…
February 14, 2019

How single time zone is hurting people

By Soutik Biswas India’s single time zone is a legacy of British rule, and is thought of as a symbol of unity. But not everyone thinks the Indian Standard Time (IST) is…
February 14, 2019

Fighting the fake promises

By Aarif Qadir Politics, nowadays, is in sync with the phenomena of making fake promises, wily public speeches, tempting the public and the ensuing public discontent in the aftermath of unfulfilled commitments.…
February 14, 2019
In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 photo, Kareeman Bano holds a photograph of her son-in-law Rakbar Khan, who died after being thrashed by a mob last week on suspicion of cattle smuggling, in Kolgaon village, India. A series of mob attacks on minority groups involved in cattle trade have occurred since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party swept elections in 2014. Most of the attacks by so-called cow vigilantes from Hindu groups have targeted Muslims, who make up 14 percent of India's 1.3 billion people. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Lynchings becoming substitute riots

By Ziya Us Salam Indeed, lynching has replaced the age-old communal riot as a means of polarization. Lynching comes without the burden of guilt that used to accompany riots. It is more…
February 14, 2019

English band, no sitar

By Jawed Naqvi I have been reading A People’s Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic by Rohit De, an assistant professor of history at Yale. It’s a fascinating…
February 13, 2019

The trusted ally that went rogue

By Ruhi Tewari In an amusing twist of fate, the political Right-wing in India, and supporters of the ruling BJP, that thrived on Twitter for so long and had a symbiotic relationship…
February 13, 2019
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