Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Its Time To Settle The Kashmir Dispute

    by Muzamil Jaleel, 10 December 2008

    The Guardian, December 10 2008
    Why Kashmir holds the key
    Resolving the Kashmir dispute would help Pakistan to end its support for Islamist separatists implicated in the Mumbai attacks
    Within hours after the 9/11 attack, Pakistan made a U-turn on its Afghan policy, sided with the United States and became a frontline state in the "war on terror". This sudden policy shift was major: from having been a close friend and ally, the Taliban was now the enemy. The Pakistan government showed no (…)

  • Notes from a contested history of National Identity Card in India:1999-2007

    by Taha Mehmood, 9 December 2008

    The essay below presents the history of the emergence of National identity card in India from the perspective of bureaucratic and political players.

  • More Militarisation Will Not Ensure Safety

    by Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, 9 December 2008

    Kashmir Times, December 7, 2008 India Wakes Up?
    One consequence of the Mumbai attacks has been that citizens have begun to be more conscious of their lack of security and of the complacent politicians who they blame for the present crisis and many have begun speaking out, organising peace rallies or taking part in discussions. The buzzwords are: ’Wake up India’ or taking cue from a television channel ’Enough is enough’. It’s all for the sake of peace, the rage against terror attacks and (…)

  • Mumbai 2008, India’s 9/11?

    by Rahnuma Ahmed, 9 December 2008

    New Age, December 9, 2008
    What is needed is a thorough investigation, one that is conducted without assigning premature blame on any organisation or country…. what is needed is for ordinary Indians and Pakistanis to join hands across the Indo-Pak divide, to say that they will not tolerate the nurturing of terror, hate and division through covert and overt acts of rogue elements both within their governments, which have a vested interest in continuing conflict and enmity, and that of (…)

  • Letter To President-Elect Barack Obama from Coalition of Concerned Indian Americans

    by Coalition Against Genocide, 9 December 2008

    December 8, 2008
    President-Elect Barack Obama C/o Mr. John Podesta Co-Chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project Obama Campaign P.O. Box 8102 Chicago, IL 60680 Re: US Policy on Hindu Nationalist Groups in India and the US
    Cc: Honorable Hillary Clinton, incoming Secretary of State Mr. John Podesta, Ms. Valerie Jarrett, Mr. Peter Rouse, Co-Chairs, -Obama-Biden Transition Project Ms. Sonal Shah, Member, Transition Advisory Board
    Dear President-Elect Obama, As Indian-Americans working (…)

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