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Sagar: Genocide By Geology
Znet Article, January, 01 2005
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26 December 2004. It was the day Geology committed Genocide. For millions of people along the coastal regions of South and Southeast Asia the morning had begun like any other passing day, a step closer to the end of the old year and the beginni...
Sagar: Beheading the UN
Znet Article, October, 06 2004
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In every standard Bollywood movie there comes a scene that never fails to work up the audience into a frenzy of excitement and applause. The hero, after being whipped black and blue by the villain and his henchmen, finally wipes the blood off hi...
Sagar: Torturing the Tongue
Znet Article, September, 08 2004
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In the extremely depressing times we live in we should be thankful for all those who make us laugh in any way and for whatever reason. One of these fine people of course happens to be none other than our beloved Bush Jr., the most unwittingly wi...
Sagar: Bush Reloaded
Znet Article, September, 01 2004
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“Weep, buddy, weep. I’m gonna vote Bush and I hope he comes and bombs your ass†It is not very often that I get unsigned love letters like this or prognostications about the fate of my posterior. But there it was staring ...
Sagar: India's Intifada
Znet Article, August, 23 2004
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It is not Fallujah, Palestine or even Kashmir but only a small province in the north-east of India. But there is no doubt that what the people of Manipur are staging right now is a full-scale intifada against the atrocities of an occupying army....
Sagar: Fahrenheit 911 Art and Politics
Znet Article, July, 02 2004
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"The reason why I believe I've had this very fortunate success... is because I actually put the entertainment and the art before the politics," insists Mr Moore. "It's very hard for someone on the professional left to put...
Sagar: Reagan: The ‘Performing’ Politician
Commentary, July, 02 2004
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A man who prolonged the Cold War by turning the heat on the Soviet Union. A man who talked glibly of freedom and democracy but supported some of the worst dictators in Latin America and Asia. And a man who made the privatization of government a re...
Sagar: The Crash of Civilizations
Znet Article, May, 13 2004
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When it all started out a few years ago the ideologues of the global War on Terror glibly called it the Clash of Civilizations. Between the torture, rape, murder of Iraqi prisoners by the US army and the gruesome beheading of an American hostage b...
Sagar: Panic in Bangkok
Znet Article, May, 06 2004
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On April 28 the so-called global War on Terror arrived in the Land of Smiles with a bloody bang. (Just when I thought I could write glibly about Iraq while sitting in faraway, peaceful Thailand) That day, the Thai army and police- in a massive...
Sagar: Us Elections: Let The Whole World Vote!
Znet Article, February, 27 2004
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I am not a citizen of the United States, but I desperately want to vote in that country's next Presidential election. You heard right, I am an Indian, I live in Thailand, I have never been to the United States but I want to vote in the upcoming US...
Sagar: Gods for Sale
Znet Article, January, 25 2004
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It is a very, very Indian story. A few weeks ago a friend of mine filed a petition in the Indian Supreme Court against - believe it or not- the tenth incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu! Or at least, against a person who claims to be nothi...
Sagar: New Year's Wish List
Znet Article, December, 31 2003
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It is the New Year madness time once again. The bells have begun to jingle once more, neon-lit Christmas trees adorn the doorways of department stores and the middle-classes of the world are ready to shop, shop, shop till their creditors drop. W...
Sagar: India = Cow + Kamasutra
Znet Article, December, 02 2003
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India= Cow + Kamasutra. That in general is the equation that defines this vast, ancient and populous South Asian country even today for many people in the West. I can hear the howls of protest coming in. Sure, there are a few ex-hippies who woul...
Sagar: Fuzzy Words and Sharp Bullets
Znet Article, November, 04 2003
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There is an image that has been haunting me in my sleep for the past many months now. It is an image from the first wave of bombing raids carried out by US warplanes in the town of Basra in southern Iraq. In this image there is a tired, broken I...
Sagar: APEC
Znet Article, October, 19 2003
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Picture this scenario. Hardcore terrorist lands in a large Asian metropolis. His mission: to attack a summit of world leaders about to happen in town. However his taxi driver charms him into buying fake jewelry, having a massage and drinking all ...
Sagar: Media: The Lying Machine
Znet Article, July, 08 2003
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I have finally managed to do it ! Quit the habit ! The horrible, horrible habit of reading the newspaper and watching news on television EVERY DAY ! Let me quickly tell you the results of giving up my addiction. In just two months of ignoring th...
Sagar: The Untouchables
Znet Article, June, 19 2003
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First, the good news. After years of wrangling the Cambodian government and the United Nations have, earlier this month, finally agreed on the outline of a Tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice. The notorious Pol Pot’s Kh...
Sagar: Axis Of The Apocalyptic
Znet Article, June, 06 2003
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As old, established global alliances break like empty beer bottles in a Bombay street brawl- the War on Terror is giving birth to a strange coalition across the continents. India-Israel-USA. In their own words they call themselves a Triad against...
Sagar: Spanking the Empire
Znet Article, May, 27 2003
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How absolutely brilliant !The United Nations, the United States and the United Kingdom are all a United Family once again. And how so ? By getting the UN Security Council to end 13 years of sanctions against Iraq and legitimizing its occupation ...
Sagar: The Wannabe Chalabi's
Znet Article, May, 13 2003
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“ The best part is when I see the Iraqi people cheering, celebrating, and welcoming the coalition forces. I just have to cry. The joy of knowing there is someone who cares, there is hope for freedom, and there is still someone who will sav...
