Opinions
Opinions from known and prominent personnel from various backgrounds like activism, academia, business and historical experience. Thought-provoking articles, insightful analyses, and diverse viewpoints await, encouraging meaningful conversations on the issues that matter.
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Documentary review: Police Action 1948 and the trauma of remembrance
Hyderabad: Fugitive traces of memory from the horrors of the 1948 annexation lurk in parts of Hyderabad, obscured by time and history. When Pomegranate Turns Grey, produced by Maktoob Originals and directed…
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Opinion: Importance of Omar Abdullah, Iltija Mufti in J&K Assembly elections
National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is now a veteran of political and electoral battles, he has a streak of winning elections and also losing some , but there would be…
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HYDRA demolitions: Revanth Reddy, KTR face-off over encroachments
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) have locked horns over the demolition of illegal structures of encroached land by Hyderabad Disaster…
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Opinion: Solution to end violence against women is return to morality
Desperate times call for desperate measures. These are certainly no ordinary times when the safety of women and girls is at stake. The brutal rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s…
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She asked for it. Did She?
The macabre incident of the gang rape and murder of a female, medical doctor of the R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata recently has shaken the conscience of the…
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Regional parties’ manifestoes in Kashmir revert to emotional politics of yester year
PDP or People’s Democratic Party was the third regional party to release its manifesto after National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. This has completed the circle of all the three major regional parties…
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Ram Madhav’s re-entry into J&K can prove game changer for BJP in Assembly polls
Ram Madhav, an old familiar face of BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, on his appointment as election in-charge for the Assembly polls 2004 in the Union Territory , has hit the ground…
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Rahul Gandhi’s political landmine visit of J&K
Rahul Gandhi is making his entry to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to assess Congress’ status and stature in the union territory ahead of the Assembly polls, apparently to stitch a pre-poll…
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Opinion: Don’t politicise rape
We should all bend our heads in shame following the horrible rape and murder of a young doctor in West Bengal. Naturally, there is a nationwide flare up that continues to snowball…
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J&K elections will be playout of regional aspirations versus BJP’s nationalism
The Election Commission of India has done its job, though quite belatedly, by announcing the Assembly poll schedule for J&K, now it is for the political class of the Union Territory to…
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Study renewed terrorism in J&K first before telling what it is all about
A series of acts of terror and gun battles between terrorists and security forces have been grabbing headlines as Jammu and Kashmir is in sharper focus on the issue of terrorism and…
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India’s Independence Day and the dream of universal freedom
By Zafar Siddiqui I am reminded of India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s seminal speech on the eve of India’s independence in 1947. After two centuries of British colonial rule, India…
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Sheikh Hasina’s rise and fall: A tale of authoritarianism and decline
Sheikh Hasina’s surreal rise and fall is “the normal” with leaders who come to power riding high on public sympathy, suffering personal tragedy or as messiahs to the growing hardships of the…
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Opinion: Restoration of statehood turning from political to emotional issue in J&K
It was never thought that restoration of statehood to J&K would evolve into a narrative of the people of this territory versus “ outsiders” as the masses had not anticipated that post-abrogation…
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Opinion: Telangana CM private visit nightmare for residents
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is never short of occasions to announce grandiose welfare schemes for the state and its people. He makes the best of whatever the event to…
