Category: Terrorism in India

Hyderabad Blues* – II

Things are beginning to look interesting. Praveen Swamy writes in The Hindu’s Op-Ed (extract): “…A mass of credible electronic intelligence suggests that HuJI’s director of south India operations, Abdul Sahel Mohammad, operates out of...

“Defending Thackeray” – excerpts

This is a column from more than 9 years ago but, interestingly, the points made by Pritish Nandy – especially with regards to our attitude towards Pakistan – still appear to be relevant. I have added my...

Bangladesh and the criminal-“jihadi” nexus

I came across this rather worrying bit of news a few weeks ago but missed posting it until today: “CBI gets Dhaka’s most wanted list” “…KOLKATA: Interpol has intimated the CBI about a list...

When is it OK to storm a place of worship?

Several of you must have read the news about storming of the Red Mosque already. See e.g. “Pakistani rebel cleric ‘killed’” and “Beyond the Lal Masjid operation“. My question is: “When is it OK for...