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Articles with tag: mumbai

The Jehadi Frankenstein

Ali Chishti   Nov 18, 2009   interacts: 10

They should stop differentiating between sectarian Jehadists, Kashmiri Jehadists and Al-Queda as they are all inter-linked and dangerous to Pakistan, India and the Rest of the World.

The Strange Case of the Indian Channels That Did Not Air the 26/11 Documentary

Vivek Balaraman   Nov 9, 2009   interacts: 89

The 48 minute documentary titled "Terror in Mumbai - Dispatches" consists of interviews with victims, actual CCTV videos of the terrorists at various sites, video testimony of the captured terrorist Ajmal Kasab

Pakistan India: Citizens Push for Peace

Beena Sarwar   Jul 8, 2009   interacts: 73

Mumbai-based veteran journalist Jatin Desai's proposal to ‘twin’ the press clubs of Karachi and Mumbai was positively received.

Out at Liberty Market

Rakesh Mani   Mar 5, 2009   interacts: 126

Let the people of Lahore march peacefully in protest on Liberty and fly the Sri Lankan flag on the streets. And let the cricketing lions of Lahore, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, lead that march.

Taliban Cloud Moves to Pakistan

Beena Sarwar   Feb 17, 2009   interacts: 480

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik recently took many by surprise with his belated public acknowledgement that the Mumbai attacks of Nov. 2008

Congress Party's Dilemma

Rakesh Mani   Feb 4, 2009   interacts: 8

What can Manmohan Singh do to avoid a war but still pander to the rampant anti-Pakistan sentiment among the masses.

A Third View

Anand Mahajan   Jan 31, 2009   interacts: 2

Bendre had come to Mumbai to see his son. Suddenly, a Marathi movement against north Indians in Mumbai rose to peak level fueled by politicians and there were violent scenes in Mumbai.

Civil Society Pleads for Peace

Beena Sarwar   Jan 17, 2009   interacts: 111

As tensions between Pakistan and India continue to see-saw, citizens in both countries are stepping up efforts for peace through initiatives

Babel

Salman Aneel   Jan 4, 2009   interacts: 11

“Babel� is the best word that describes the present situation in South Asia. Have we solved issues like poverty, unemployment, malnutrition that we want to go to war?

An Old Man, an Ima and the 'green chili pickle' Woman

Vandana Mittal   Dec 23, 2008   interacts: 22

There is weariness to the soul and those images that seared my heart and mind for 70 long hours are now clamoring to be understood and their significance internalized and understood.

The Mumbai Terror Apologists

Sankrant Sanu   Dec 18, 2008   interacts: 539

Whether or not other Muslims agree with their actions, the first step is to admit the existence of Pakistan-based Islam-inspired terror.

Introspection – Pakistan and Terrorism

Khalid Bhatti   Dec 18, 2008   interacts: 61

Isn’t dispensing power to non state actors a crime against the state itself, and those who committed it should be brought before the court on the charges of high treason.

Open Letter to all Pakistanis: Bombay, Faridkot and Us

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Dec 17, 2008   interacts: 224

No matter how legitimate one's grievance or cause, it does not sanction violence aimed at unarmed civilian populations far removed from the cause itself.

Ajmal Amir Kasab – Right to Defence?

Shridhar Naik   Dec 15, 2008   interacts: 69

In a solid show of patriotic zeal and indignance, the Bombay Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court Bar Association has passed a resolution restraining its members from taking up the case.

Mirror, Mirror

Nadeem F Paracha   Dec 13, 2008   interacts: 26

The electronic media in Indian and Pakistan is simply reflecting the paranoia and politics of a class of people that became an important economic plank in the economics of consumerism

A Just War?

Arjun Vasan   Dec 10, 2008   interacts: 47

If defensive war is found to be just, there is moral imperative to wage it; even if one is morally against war itself. Case regarding Pakistan's role in Mumbai attacks.

Zardari: An Emerging South Asia Statesman?

Joe Athialy   Dec 11, 2008   interacts: 26

The article 'The Terrorists Want to Destroy Pakistan, Too' by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, published in NYT on December 9, 2008 is significant in many ways.

Evil Walks the World Today

Zeejah    Dec 6, 2008   interacts: 435

Pakistanis are in denial and Indians are baying for blood and pointing a finger across the border at Pakistan as the source of the murderous plan.

Pleas For Sanity as Sabres Rattle Over Mumbai Mayhem

Beena Sarwar   Dec 2, 2008   interacts: 1264

Angry condemnations lead us nowhere; political demands may make vote-catching politicians rethink strategies, but we need to create space, think things out in the long term…

Mumbai Wounded

Anita Lobo   Dec 2, 2008   interacts: 2

Yet amidst death,
The goodness of humanity, triumphed
Unknown brave hearts
Shielded strangers, fellow beings

I Am A Pakistani

Ayesha Khan   Nov 29, 2008   interacts: 27

(India, America) These are countries that I carry in my heart but do not carry their passports. I am a threat to the safety of their people. I am a threat to my friends.

India-Pakistan: Empathy, grief in Pakistan for Mumbai mayhem

Beena Sarwar   Nov 30, 2008   interacts: 386

The Mumbai attacks, hitting in the midst of the fifth round of the ongoing composite dialogue between India and Pakistan, are likely to have wide-ranging repercussions for India and Pakistan relations

Proud to be an Indian

Shantanu Dutta   Nov 30, 2008   interacts: 4

Like the memorial to the Unknown Soldier; we need a way to honor the unknown citizens of all hues – the ones who really make us proud to be Indian

An Indian Muslim

Shoaib Daniyal   Nov 28, 2008   interacts: 270

The Indian Muslim doesn’t need people killing in his name. He needs reform. The community is one of the most backwards in India, and largely the blame has to be shouldered by itself.

Terror in Mumbai.....and also in 'Bannu or somewhere'

Shiraz Mahmood   Nov 28, 2008   interacts: 43

Also in ‘Bannu or somewhere’?? What does that mean? That the premier of this country was not briefed about a bomb blast. Or that it has become so routine that one does not care to know the complete facts.

Mumbai Attacks: Shocking

Chowk    Nov 26, 2008   interacts: 708

This kind of terrorism is unforgivable and must be condemned unilaterally in no uncertain terms, in all forms, in all contexts.

Is Mumbai a hub of dirty politics?

aditya uppal   Sep 7, 2008   interacts: 10

After rejection from West Bengal Trinamool Congress, Tata received invitation from Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to start Nano project from Maharashtra.

Responsibility of the Media and the Repercussions of Terror Strikes

Pranay Rupani   Jul 28, 2008   interacts: 80

What is forgotten in the attempt to pacify the people is that there is no restraint in labelling a community responsible.

Targeted Taxi Drivers

Lokhi Menon   Feb 5, 2008   interacts: 8

Day passes and night creeps up over the city,
Suddenly the TV chatters “taxi drivers targeted in Mumbai�

Mumbai's Farida Khanum Fiasco

aakar patel   Nov 2, 2007   interacts: 8

Pakistani singer Farida Khanum sang in Mumbai on Friday night for the first time in her 72 years at a concert memorable also for being embarrassingly organised.

Marine Drive Makeover

Vidyadhar Date   Apr 2, 2007   interacts: 3

Marine Drive is Mumbai’s best known landmark. It has its own natural beauty. That is why there is need to pause and ask whether it is necessary to spend crores of rupees to dress it up further.

Village of Women

Leya Mathew   Feb 1, 2007   interacts: 4

Along the line of control in Kashmir, there is a village called Dard-nag. The hot springs here were famous for miraculous powers but even the healed complained that drinking of the waters gave them the unpleasant feeling of laughing when the heart was sad

When Locals in Locals lost their Lives - July 11, 2006

Sudeep Pagedar   Jul 15, 2006   interacts: 20

When you share a compartment in a Mumbai local train, you bond with the others in there.

A Nation of Eunuchs

Tushar Barot   Jul 14, 2006   interacts: 188

Another serial bomb blasts rocked Mumbai on 7/11 while the criminals behind the 1993 blasts are still at large.

Fleshened Bones

Farzana Versey   Aug 8, 2005   interacts: 34

It was always love for me. Let me hold you in my arms, Sister, mother, fellow bitch, I won’t applaud you for your spirit

The Woman on the Tracks

Jawahara Saidullah   Jul 8, 2005   interacts: 28

Three wheels pass over her waist before the train stops.

In Conversation with a Dog

Sunil K Poolani   Jul 5, 2005   interacts: 16

The following conversation, with a dog and the writer, is not just imagination but fifty per cent real talk; twenty-five per cent fiction and the remaining twenty-five per cent based on circumstantial evidence.

The Instinct to Upgrade

Harish Nambiar   Jun 21, 2005   interacts: 14

The political empowerment of the backwards in these two states (Uttar Pardesh and Bihar) could not directly confront the social backwardness. These two states have the most feudal and caste ridden societies, but the political clout of the backwards have n

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