Sadanand Dhume explains it well. A brief excerpt below (emphasis added):
Simply put, the notion that the radical Hindu threat to India is comparable to that posed by radical Islam is ludicrous. First there’s the question of scale. Alleged Hindu terrorists—not one of whom has been convicted—are accused of bomb blasts in 2007 and 2008 in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra that killed 17 people. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, the toll in India from about two dozen radical Islamic terrorist attacks since …

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PTI News:
Army captain, jawan, militant killed in J-K encounter
Srinagar, Feb 23 (PTI) An army captain, a jawan and a militant were killed in an encounter between ultras and security forces in Sopore district of North Kashmir early today.
DNA India:
Gun battle ends, 3 soldiers killed in Kashmir
Srinagar: Militants holed-up in a house at Chinkkipora village of Sopore on Tuesday killed three soldiers of Special Forces who had gone to flush out the ‘high-value target’.
Hindustan Times:
Sopore encounter: Two army men, one militant killed
An Army officer and …

I am writing this at midnight from Bengaluru.  Thanks to a hectic schedule and travel, I have slept for just about 13hrs since Thursday morning…yet I am finding it hard to sleep.
What happened in Pune is tragic but neither surprising nor unexpected. Pune was very much on the “list”. It was only a matter of time.
Some reports have linked the timing of the blast to the killing of Shahid Azmi, who was defending Fahim Ansari (26/11 accused).

Others have suggested that the heavy police bandobast for MNIK may have distracted the …

On the occassion of Martyr’s Day
Please take a moment to remember the ones who did not come back
And have a look at this series on National Heroes
|| Jai Hind, Jai Bharat ||

Start this weekend with a story on Hyderabad’s links to Islamic terrorism
Next, read Sandhya Jain on the apparent unravelling of Jammu & Kashmir
Then read a retelling of the story of Shantanu by Jai Joshi
and finally, a personal request from Sanjeev Sabhlok, founder-member, Freedom Team of India.
Excerpts from all the articles below, as always.
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*** Excerpts from How Indian-born Islamic …

On the eve of the first anniversary of the attack in Mumbai, below are excerpts from the preface to Sh B Raman’s latest book on 26/11 (emphasis mine).
*** Preface to “MUMBAI 26/11 – A DAY OF INFAMY” by B Raman – Excerpts ***
Even while holding talks with the US on peace in the Pacific, the Japanese Empire secretly and treacherously planned and carried out massive surprise attacks from the air and the sea on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, killing a large number of American military personnel …

Please continue the discussion on Mumbai attacks, 26/11, Pakistan’s role in terrorist activities etc on this thread. I am closing comments on the earlier thread due to comment overload.
Thanks.
UPDATE: Am reproducing the last four comments from the earlier post below for the sake of continuity.

Even as “normalisation ” of relations with Pakistan continues apace (meeting of leaders in Russia, followed by Foreign Minister’s meeting in Italy followed by a meeting of Foreign Secretaries sometime soon, likely to be followed by another meeting of PMs in Egypt in July) courtesy BBC, comes this disturbing bit of news (emphasis mine):
Militant groups banned in Pakistan are expanding operations and recruitment in Pakistani-run Kashmir, according to a government report seen by the BBC.
The observations are from a detailed secret report submitted to the region’s government on the …

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One article and one post…both pointing to an alarming trend of increasing radicalisation in south India. I would really value opinions and thoughts from those in the region or familiar with it.
If what is mentioned in these two articles/reports is even half-true, we should be seriously worried about these developments.
Unfortunately, this topic is off the national agenda…and besides, as long as we have “peace and tranquility” under the UPA regime, who really cares?
First, some excerpts from “Is talibanised South the Swat Valley of India?” by Sh …

Brief excerpts from a thought-provoking article by Judea Pearl, Professor of Computer Science at UCLA and father of WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl who was murdered in 2002.
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This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of our son, former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. My wife Ruth and I wonder: Would Danny have believed that today’s world emerged after his tragedy?
…Neither he, nor the millions who were shocked by his murder, could have possibly predicted that seven years later his abductor, Omar Saeed Sheikh, according to …

Below are extracts from an article by Wilson John published in the latest issue of Pragati on “why the threat from Jamaat-ud-Dawa is set to rise“. It makes for some thought-provoking and disturbing reading.
*** Excerpts from “The assembly line of international terrorism” (emphasis mine) ***
…The motive for the Pakistani army to follow a multifaceted policy towards terrorist entities is to retain the option of using terrorist groups as instruments of state policy, particularly in India and Afghanistan. The policy has yielded visible gains for the army on both fronts.
A telling example of …