Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • 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 (…)

  • Facing the truth in Pakistan

    by Irfan Husain, 8 December 2008

    [Dawn, December 3, 2008 >http://www.dawn.com/weekly/mazdak/20080312.htm]
    Even in my remote bit of paradise, news of distant disasters filters through: above the steady sound of waves breaking on the sandy beach in Sri Lanka, I was informed by several news channels about the sickening attacks on Mumbai. My Internet connection is erratic and slow, but nevertheless, I have been bombarded with emails, asking me for my take on this latest atrocity.
    Over the last few years, I have travelled to (…)

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