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Aniruddha Bahal

Reportage and opinion from Anirudha Bahal, founder and editor in chief of Cobrapost, an Indian news Web site.

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Lahore Diary Mar 11, 2005

Basant in Lahore, Cooco's Den, Gurudwara Dera Sahib, and Visa advise after a recent visit to Lahore

The Iraqi Elections: an Important Watershed Feb 6, 2005

It was 50 years since the last semblance of any worthwhile elections. Even the Arabic media recognized the historicity of the event.

Jared Diamond’s latest book Collapse Jan 31, 2005

Explores the collapse of ancient civilizations and at the same time gives us insights into Rwanda’s 1990s genocide, China’s burgeoning environmental problems, Australia’s mining industry, and winds it all up with analyses of why societie

The Salafi Threat Jan 5, 2005

It’s for progressives in the Arab world to put their views forward more aggressively to counter the Salafi menace.

Demining Starts Healing War-torn Northern Sri Lanka Dec 3, 2004

The ongoing efforts in Sri Lanka have lessons for both India and Pakistan. The borders of the two countries have seen huge swathes of territory being rendered useless and dangerous by landmines -- India alongwith the US, China, Russia and Pakistan is not

Palestinian Reforms Nov 28, 2004

Ironically, with elections looming ahead, the reform demands, raised by the majority of the elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council when Arafat was still alive, seem better placed to materialize now in his absence.

Confessions of Jihadis Nov 19, 2004

And while it is often feared that to explain terrorism is to justify it but it is only in this introspection that we can understand that the question is not what Islam has done to muslims but what the muslims are doing to Islam

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