Category: Global Terrorism

I’m not an “Asian”

Fellow blogger Pastorius posted this great piece over at the Infidel Blogger’s Alliance. It touches on euphemisms and “media labels” regarding Asians, something on which I have commented before. Excerpt: “…There is a group...

“Cowards cannot build nations…”

Read these extracts from an Op-Ed by Kanchan Gupta in The Pioneer, “Unlike Israelis, we lack guts” in the context of recent developments in Israel. Excerpts: “….On a winter forenoon we take off from...

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t*

What most of us long suspected, or knew, has just been confirmed by Interpol: INTERPOL admits Dawood’s presence in Pakistan. So whats stopping him from being extradited over? A minor technicality….Pakistan refuses to admit...

*Must Read* links for the weekend

Starting with this one by Sandeep which includes quotes from MF Husain’s recent interview. The two that I found most interesting were: (emphasis mine): MF Husain: “…Later, in Hyderabad, in 1968, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia suggested I paint...

From the tragedy, some unsavoury truths

Below, a collection of short excerpts from various reports and analyses following the tragic assasination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. *** From M. A. Muqtedar Khan’s (Associate professor and director of Islamic Studies, University of...