Posts filed under 'India'
I had wanted to go to Kashmir ever since I visited Palestine in 2007. There are many similarities in the nature of the occupation as well as the struggles, both being nearly 63 years old. One difference is that while Israel is seen as an external occupying force in Palestine, the Kashmir issue is considered an ‘internal’ matter or a conflict between Pakistan and India and the voice of Kashmiris is often lost. As a result there are fewer international organizations monitoring the region and little information about the extent and impact of the occupation gets out.
Continue Reading June 18th, 2010
Muslims in India’s Gujarat state who bore the brunt of religious riots in 2002 say they have been abandoned by the political parties. The BBC’s Soutik Biswas met some riot victims ahead of the general election in the state.
Continue Reading April 29th, 2009
Doubts have been raised about police reports of a foiled attack on India’s capital blamed on Pakistani militants, with newspapers wondering if the whole episode might have been staged.
Continue Reading January 29th, 2009
Two things emerge from last month’s horrendous attack on Mumbai: one is how interconnected South Asia is with the rest of the world. The other is how the Carter Administration’s ill-conceived strategy in Afghanistan more than 30 years ago still reverberates throughout the region. Decades of subversion, terrorism and invasion have created what historian Vijay Prashad calls a “cauldron” from which has emerged avenging angels and dark demons in equal measure.
Continue Reading December 19th, 2008
Add to this the continuing sore of Kashmir which has for decades been treated as a colony by Indian troops with random arrests, torture and rape of Kashmiris an everyday occurrence. Conditions have been much worse than in Tibet, but have aroused little sympathy in the West where the defense of human rights is heavily instrumentalised.
Updated 09 Dec.2008
Continue Reading November 28th, 2008
It’s not hard to understand why these soughts of things happen in India if one considers India’s history on inter-religious relations. When Christians get slaughtered by Hindus nothing really happens to the perpetrators.
See: 100 die in anti-Christian attacks in India
“About 10,000 Christians - mostly Dalits and a few tribals - languish in state-run relief camps and are afraid to return home due to continuing threats by Hindu extremists,” the statement said. “
and when Muslims are killed we find out through video confessions that the Police and the State Government were all involved. Imagine the Indians confessing on national television of how they hacked up Muslims and cut unborn babies from the stomachs of their mothers not being arrested or even spoken to by police. Thats right, the government minister told police to allow the killings to happen and he was re-elected with an increased majority. More than 3000 Muslims were systematically targeted and massacred. The killers still walk free. Don’t believe me? Well here is the complete investigation….
Gujrat 2002 - In the words of the men who did it.
and Hindus confess to Gujarat Muslim massacre - IOL
then Today:
Mumbai gunman goes on TV to justify terror attacks - SMH - 27 Nov.08
“Muslims in India should not be persecuted. We love this as our country but when our mothers and sisters were being killed, where was everybody?”
Any wonder??? The world’s biggest democracy????
Enjoy your cricket
November 27th, 2008
This article was written in 1946 just before the British “Quit India” and the creation of Pakistan. Very insightful.
Continue Reading January 29th, 2008
