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Pakistani Army, ISI and Indian Response

Fri, 2010-07-02 14:23 — Dhananjay
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 The attack on the Sufi Shrine and one in past on Ahmadiyya Muslims mosque speaks length about the present condition of Pakistan but unfortunately the government and army there is still not ready to realise  that they are slowly but steadily failing on many counts raising some stern questions. 
 
 

Free the Cuban Five!

Tue, 2010-06-15 20:11 — srinir
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Blogpost and Real News Video on the plight of the Cuban Five and US hypocrisy in protecting terrorists implicated in violence against Cubans. 

Selective Outrage and Hypocrisy

Mon, 2010-06-14 18:30 — srinir
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 Another blog post on the Sardiha Rail tragedy and the hypocritical response by the Maoists.

PCPA/Maoists and the Sardiha Rail Tragedy

Sun, 2010-05-30 13:12 — srinir
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When I wrote my first reaction to the Sardiha incident, I was tremendously angry and indignant. More than a 100 people, my fellow citizenry were killed in a tragic rail accident that was obviously a result of sabotage. I immediately attributed the act of sabotage to the PCPA - the mass organisation of the Maoists in the three districts of West Bengal, based on news reports that posters of the PCPA were found in the area. A valid criticism, I have received, has told me that I should do more due diligence before jumping the gun and putting blame over the PCPA/Maoists, for that would skew opinion against the PCPA/Maoists. That is a very fair point, but I stand by my theory. There are various reasons. This post addresses most of them. 

From "Maoism" to Open Terrorism?

Fri, 2010-05-28 14:34 — srinir
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 An angry reaction following the Rail disaster near Jhargram in West Bengal. 

Failure of the "Am-Pak" strategy

Tue, 2010-04-06 15:59 — srinir

The rejuvenation of jihadi forces in Pakistan and Afghanistan, its traditional backers in the Pakistani Army and the changed emphasis of the US vis-a-vis these forces, points to the failure of the Indian reliance on the "Am-Pak" strategy - using US leverage to take on terror directed at India, from within Pakistan.

Empire and its Double Standards

Sun, 2010-03-21 14:07 | Maidul Islam
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\Maidul Islam, Research Scholar at Oxford University writes on the David Headley affair.

On Headly: The US Duplicity

Sun, 2010-03-21 14:01 — subhanil
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The David Headly affair has exposed the duplicity of the US government in fighting terrorism.

Terrorism and Human Rights: Indian Experience with Repressive Laws

Thu, 2009-07-16 14:52 | B Jagannatham and G Haragopal

''The strength of the human rights depends on the depth of the law, vitality of the society, vision of the rulers, vibrancy of the institutions and use of discretionary powers. Terrorism is one part of societal experience, which calls for unusual abilities and creativity. If one presupposes that terrorism has its roots in human ‘‘unreason” or “irrationality” the solution should spring from human reason and creative political potential. The tragedy of the governance has been that instead of bringing in higher values into a terror-stricken society, the State and more particularly the law enforcing agencies are ending up imitating and imbibing terrorist methods and culture. This is the inevitable fallout of mechanistic confrontationalist approach to the national or international turmoil which in essence is political. That is the crux of the crisis of civilised governance.'' -G.Haragopal and B.Jagannatham write in EPW.

Source: 
Economic and Political Weekly

Fascism with a Red Flag

Thu, 2009-04-30 13:31 — aniketalam

As the polling for the 15th Lok Sabha gets going, there has been an all too familiar story of attacks and disruption of the polling process by the a so-called communist party which tags the name of Mao to its posterior! Attacking the very people whom it claims to represent as they go about exercising their hard earned right to vote is a clear symptom of fascist politics. The right to vote was not a gift to the Indian masses by the ruling class politicians, but rather a democratic right wrenched through intense popular struggles against colonialism.