Author: B Shantanu

On Deoband Fatwa, Jihadi Roots and Terrorism

Excerpts from a great article by Prof Walid Phares, “The Deobandi Fatwa Against Terrorism Didn’t Treat the Jihadi Root” underscoring some of the points I had made in an earlier post (Thanks to Krishen-ji for...

Make no mistake. This is WAR.

In an eerily prescient post a few weeks back, I had written: Our Kurukshetra is approaching fast. The terrorist attacks in Ahmedabad and Bangalore are merely the latest consequences of a mis-guided, half-hearted approach...

Attack in Ahmedabad: Time to say NO MORE

Most of you must have heard about the attack in Ahmedabad by now… (17 blasts; 15 killed, many injured) I am NOT going to write about it… It is time to say NO MORE… For the...

Blasts in Bangalore: The Blame Game Begins

It is all your fault: The Centre had forewarned the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments that terrorists could target Bengaluru and Hyderabad, Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Friday. “The Intelligence...

Blasts in Bangalore: Pearls of Wisdom

India’s Home Minister Shivraj Patil said “Such incidents will not deter the government from pursuing its policy of dealing with anti-national elements in a resolute manner,” Intelligence Bureau sources said…”they could be retaliatory in...