Opinions
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The iconic Raj Kapoor: Architect of Hindi cinema’s Indian identity
Golden Era of the Hindi Cinema started with Raj Kapoor’s Barsaat in 1949. Raj Kapoor emerged as India’s First and Greatest Showman, whose magic sustained through the decades. Raj Kapoor was the…
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Opinion: Three stark realities of J&K
There is a three-fold stark reality in Jammu and Kashmir after the most successful and highly acclaimed Assembly polls, each revealing different shades in which the governance is operating First, the Central…
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J-K resolution on special status centrepiece of BJP campaign in Maharashtra
The November 6 resolution of the J&K UT Assembly calling for restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state has become a political boon for BJP in its election campaign in…
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Opinion: Kashmir struggling with bad news syndrome yet again
Jammu and Kashmir needs to come out of bad news syndrome. There have been plenty of bad news headlines in the last few weeks. A number of terror attacks have taken place…
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Who is an obstacle to peace–UNRWA or Israel?
By Zafarul-Islam Khan Last week Israel took an utterly illegal decision, decried by the whole world, to unilaterally ban UNRWA operations which are the lifeline of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians made refugees…
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J-K Assembly passes resolution on Article 370, confrontation with centre on anvil
The Jammu and Kashmir legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution seeking restoration of special status and other constitutional guarantees enlisted in the Article 370 that was abrogated on August 5, 2019…
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Will Trump make it to the Oval Office?
Will Trump make it to the Oval Office? India watches with bated breath as it is a neck-to-neck contest in the US elections this time. Trump not only has extremely good chemistry…
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Diwali: A shared celebration across cultures in Indian history
Artefacts preserved in Hyderabad Central Library reveal that Indian Muslims have long played a role in Diwali celebrations. However, due to the inaccessibility of historical sources written in Urdu and Persian, much…
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PDP’s resurrection; Mehbooba should read writing on wall and work like her father
Last Friday PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti announced dissolution of her party’s structure and held out a promise that it would be constituted afresh in tune with the new…
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Divided by history can India and China overcome grievances?
India and China have been neighbours for thousands of years. But neither were the Chinese aware in detail about the Indians nor vice versa. Both were westwards focused.. However now the relations…
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J-K: Omar hands over restoration of statehood resolution to PM
In his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening , Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah handed over a resolution passed by his cabinet on restoration of statehood …
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Politics of Lok Sabha seat allocation set to resurge
The number of Lok Sabha seats in the country was fixed at 489 in 1951, before the first elections were held in free India. Taking account of the change in population in…
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Opinion: United response is real answer to terrorists in Kashmir
The Sunday evening terror attack in Gagangeer in Central Kashmir which left seven civilians, including a local doctor, dead, was not yet another terror attack in the genre of such attacks to…
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Opinion: Can Canada afford to break off relationship with India?
Canada and India’s relationship may seem to have reached its rock bottom with each side expelling the top brass including Ambassadors of both sides, but will this lead to a complete snapping…
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Karnataka High Court judgement is flawed; it is neither farsighted nor foresighted
I recently had the satisfaction of coming across a news item which stated that the Karnataka High Court had quashed the criminal case lodged by the police against two persons in connection…
