Nov
14
I’ve not posted for quite some time now, and I am sorry about that. I was traveling, and then I fell ill, and then I was traveling again.
On my way, I noticed a few things, which I thought I might share.
Travel
South India is very sensitive about it’s languages and culture. They feel that the North […]
Jul
1
Delhi Clearing Poor Street Vendors
July 1, 2007 | 7 Comments
It is only normal that the poor has to make way for the rich!
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Reliance vegetable market:
Today I saw, for the first time, Reliance vegetable market. They have a nice tiled shop. Beautiful and ugly.
The beauty is only skin deep. These shops, that has recently been cleared, will wipe out many of the poor street vendors […]
Jul
1
We Were Never Dependent.
July 1, 2007 | 3 Comments
Who the hell says we, Indians, became ‘independent‘ in 1947?
As if we were children not able to fend for ourselves!
It was they that were dependent. Dependent on our resources, dependent on our labours.
It was they who took our land, and our rule, by force-
and ruled us from afar. Ruled us from afar. Ruled us from […]
Jun
9
Aamir Khan
June 9, 2007 | 9 Comments
When Arundhati Roy decided to open her mouth (and mind), a friend and well-wisher warned that she must clear up her taxes.
Aamir Khan suredly did not have such a well-wisher. It doesn’t matter whether the land he possesses are legal for him or whatever else is the matter. The crux is- he had a weakness […]
Jun
7
The foolish ‘Islamic’ terrorists
June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Misdirected Hyderabad Bomb Blast Investigations
It is being suggested by the authorities that are looking into the bombings that the real purpose […]
Jun
7
Police and Politics
June 7, 2007 | 2 Comments
The fake encounters, the shooting on protesters(in Hyd after the Mosque bombing), the jumping to conclusion that it was the work of LeT or JeM or some other Muslim organisation, giving Bajrang Dal a clean chit, not sparing a word about the atrocities at Manipur and North East India in general (and have we forgotten […]
May
11
Muslims in 1857
May 11, 2007 | 12 Comments
A hundred and fifty years ago, a huge battle raged in India. This battle, often dubbed the Mutiny, or India’s First War of Independence, has many aspects we don’t know.
As an Indian and a Muslim, as I am, let me quote an article(by Firoz Bakht Ahmed) that talks about the role of Muslims in the […]
Mar
21
Bits of Indian History: Excerpts of An Interview
March 21, 2007 | 5 Comments
An interesting interview of Sumit Sarkar and Tanika Sarkar.
…Hindutva forces are very unevenly spread out and there are many countervailing factors, I don’t think that it has all the marked features of fascism.
It doesn’t have a very formed, organized left enemy that it contends against…
Gowalkar quite openly said that India is not meant for electoral […]
Feb
28
Kashmir, Fake Encounters and the Indian Army
February 28, 2007 | 6 Comments
Human Rights Watch talk about the Kashmir situation:
Behind The Kashmir Conflict
Summary
The dramatic escalation in May 1999 of cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan, and fighting between Indian troops and militants who have crossed over from Pakistan, have focused international attention on the security implications of the conflict. But the pattern of systematic […]
Feb
20
The Mongol Catastrophe and Aurangzeb
February 20, 2007 | 40 Comments
I come across some funny opinions.
Mongol Catastrophe
This (www.islam-watch.org/HistoryOfJihad/jihad_against_mongols.htm) was rather interesting.
To quote this writer:
“…The relatively unknown story of how the Jihadis tormented the Mongols and Turks leading to a fierce and vicious counter-attack by the Mongols on Islamdom from 1200 to 1258. An attack that was fiercer than the Crusades and which nearly wiped out […]