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Birds of War
12.23.08 | Permalink | 14 CommentsThe aftershocks of Mumbai continue. The incursion, last week, of Indian jets into Pakistan’s airspace has galvanized the predictably jingoistic public, once again behind the Army. The Pakistan Airforce has started running low-flying sorties over major cities (Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad). Newspapers are reporting that crowds cheer when the planes fly over. The major airports have [...]
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Oriental Magick
12.15.08 | Permalink | 9 CommentsThe ads were in the magazine section of Pakistan News - an Urdu weekly for diaspora desis in NY, Chicago etc. In breathless prose they invited broken hearts and spirits to have their problem solved within “two and half minutes”. One promised a reward if not successful, another lauded his experience of 55 years. In [...]
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Action for a Progressive Pakistan Vigil
12.10.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFriends in NYC, please attend. Friends elsewhere, please link/spread the word of this.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: progpak@gmail.com / 917.922.9836
Pakistanis Hold Vigil for Mumbai Victims
Call Upon India and Pakistan to Work Towards Peace
When: Saturday, December 13th, 4:00 pm
Where: Union Square NORTH (16th Street) – across the street from Barnes and Noble
(New York, December 8, 2008) - [...] -
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Bombay Attacked VII: Challenges
Dipesh Chakrabarty has a lucid look at some of the key realities facing Indian democracy in the aftermath of the attacks in his Reflections on the future of Indian democracy:
The growth of this politics of identity has made elections into the mainstay of Indian democracy. It has distanced politics from issues of governance, and has [...] -
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Bombay Attacked VI: Rant Edition
11.30.08 | Permalink | 8 CommentsAryn Baker, in one of the most egregious example of bad reporting/analysis/pull-it-outta-your-ass-telology, quotes some “mild-mannered scholar” who yearns for the return of the Mughal Empire. What the fuck is Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad? How do you even find these numskulls? More importantly what is this Deobandi v Aligarh match that has been going on [...]
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Bombay Attacked V: The Versace Edition
Rohit points to this absurd “Roots of Indian Muslim Rage” piece (Jets v Sharks!). Suketu Mehta has the “here is why they hate our freedoms” piece.
I am waiting to hear from our enlightened commentators about the Versace connection between Cunanan and the Bombay raiders. What is in that brand that drives young men to [...] -
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Bombay Attacked IV
11.29.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe attack is over. And suddenly everything must now be questioned, say the punditry. CNN is trawling with idiotic “experts”. We are awash in insipid commentary, as well. The nearly two hundred dead, though, demand of us harsher questioning of the status quo.
Some more reading:
Saikat Datta in Outlook India:
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Bombay Attacked III
11.28.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsTimeline to date.
From BBC:
The fidayeen technique - a rudimentary form of “shock and awe” warfare - was introduced into Kashmir by Pakistani radical organisations that entered the Kashmir insurgency from the mid-1990s onwards.
From Guardian:
Six young men with large bags came ashore, after which the two who remained in the boat started the outboard motor [...] -
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Bombay Attacked II
11.27.08 | Permalink | 4 CommentsThe aftermath of the horrific attack seems to be overlapping the attack itself - it is not over. However, information is starting to trickle out in the usual manner. Pakistan, Pakistani-based, ISI, Kashmir-based, “home-grown” are some of the usual suspects before us. I heard/read Somali pirates somewhere which did give me some hope that our [...]
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