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Tripathi: India's Neo-Liberal Elite
Znet Article, December, 16 2008
Deepak Tripathi
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A sketch of India's neo-liberal elite...
Sainath: After Mumbai
Znet Article, December, 15 2008
P. Sainath
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Of all the arguments making the rounds after the slaughter of 180 people in Mumbai, the worst is this: that India should learn from the United States about how to respond to such terror. "Look at the USA," goes the refrain, "after 9/11 has there b...
Roy: 9 Is Not 11 (And November Isn't September)
Znet Article, December, 14 2008
Arundhati Roy
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The Mumbai attacks have been dubbed 'India's 9/11', and there are calls for a 9/11-style response, including an attack on Pakistan. Instead, the country must fight terrorism with justice, or face civil war.
Hoodbhoy: The Mumbai Massacre And Pakistan's New Nightmares
Znet Article, December, 13 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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In spite of vociferous demands by the Indian public, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government has withstood the pressure to conduct cross-border strikes into Pakistan. Correspondingly, in spite of the bitter criticism by Islamic parties, Pakista...
Raina: India's Long But Sure Revolution
Znet Article, December, 13 2008
Badri Raina
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Remarkably, where vested segments among Hindu organizations have sought to move the majority community towards undemocratic closures, it is the beleaguered Muslim counterparts that have been showing the way to greater democratic consolidations.
Bhushan: Lessons from the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
Znet Article, December, 06 2008
Prashant Bhushan
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It is only when the attacks were directed at five-star hotels that our elite citizenry, and the media controlled by them, comes out on the streets to rail against the politicians and the security establishment.
Sankaran: Hotel Taj, India's Icon?
Znet Article, December, 06 2008
Gnani Sankaran
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All these channels have been trying to manufacture my consent for a big lie called - Hotel Taj the icon of India.
Ali: Pakistani Role in Mumbai Mayhem
Znet Article, November, 30 2008
Mahir Ali
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AT the weekend, media reports based on the interrogation of apparently the only terrorist to be captured alive in Mumbai, named as Azam Amir Kasab, evidently confirmed what many analysts - and most Indians - had suspected from the outset: a clear ...
Ramani: More thoughts on Mumbai Terror
Znet Article, November, 29 2008
Srinivasan Ramani
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Let us assume that the current theory of terrorists being trained in Pakistan and sent across to Mumbai is indeed true. The apt and proper response of the Indian government is to co-ordinate with the Pakistani establishment to take prompt and palp...
Raina: Enough is Enough
Znet Article, November, 29 2008
Badri Raina
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Like every other Indian, therefore, I am deeply saddened both by the insane loss of life, notable and ordinary, and by the damage done to this edifice. Especially when I recall that the Taj was the result of a laudable anti-colonial impulse, sinc...
Ali: India's Leaders Need to Look Closer to Home
Znet Article, November, 28 2008
Tariq Ali
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The terrorist assault on Mumbai’s five-star hotels was well planned, but did not require a great deal of logistic intelligence: all the targets were soft. The aim was to create mayhem by shining the spotlight on India and its problems and in that ...
Raina: The Quest for Purity
Znet Article, November, 24 2008
Badri Raina
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These are confused times for India’s political Hinduism.
Mukherji: Trail of the Terror Cops
Znet Article, November, 16 2008
Nirmalangshu Mukherji
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The Batla house operation by the special cell of Delhi police has reopened unanswered questions about the functioning of this agency.
Raina: Hindu Terrorism
Znet Article, November, 16 2008
Badri Raina
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So, now, India is home to �Hindu� terrorism...
Prashad: Obama's Indian
Znet Article, November, 12 2008
Vijay Prashad
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Barack Obama has appointed John Podesta to run his transition. During the lean years of the Bush administration, Podesta, native of Chicago, ran a shadow cabinet for the Democrats. Since 2003, the home of this government-in-exile has been the Cent...
Ananthamurthy: Communalism in India
Znet Article, November, 03 2008
U.r. Ananthamurthy
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Let us not forget that Gandhiji was killed because he was perceived to be a friend of the Muslims, and an enemy of the Hindus while he strived against the violent actions of both Hindus and Muslims, and fasted to make his own disciples in power to...
Raina: Notions of the Nation
Znet Article, November, 03 2008
Badri Raina
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Within hours, literally, the world will know whether the nation-state in America as decreed by the American Constitution has or has not triumphed finally over the competing, even if subterranean, notion of the nation as race.
Raina: Simplicities
Znet Article, October, 23 2008
Badri Raina
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What lovely times those must have been when a rose was a rose by any name?
Surya: Nuclear Deal and the Subversion of Democracy
Znet Article, October, 21 2008
Radha Surya
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The India-US agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation is now a done deal. Over a period of less than three months the nuclear deal proponents, supporters and fanatics have scored an unbroken succession of victories—the trust vote in the Indian ...
Mishra: India's Puzzled Vendors of Washington Consensus
Znet Article, October, 21 2008
Girish Mishra
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Ever since the crisis originating on Wall Street has spread far and wide like a contagion, the clamour for state intervention to save the global economy in general and financial institutions in particular has become vociferous.
