Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Mumbai terror attacks should be the turning point

    by Asma Jahangir, 3 December 2008

    Daily Times, December 3, 2008
    A turning point
    The recent Mumbai terror attacks should be the turning point. Governments of the region are challenged to support an open and transparent investigation in order to identify and prosecute the masterminds behind such carnage. They must have the moral courage to face the truth
    The recent carnage in Mumbai is terrifying. Indians are entitled to be angry, hurt and disgusted. The government of India has alleged that initial evidence indicates (…)

  • Say No To Terror And War! Say No To Violence!

    by sacw.net, 3 December 2008

    Citizens of Mumbai
    HOLD HANDS IN UNITY!
    Join “Human Chain” in Mumbai,
    12 noon to 12.15 pm
    Friday, December 12th, 2008
    SAY NO TO TERROR AND WAR! SAY NO TO VIOLENCE! We, the people of Mumbai, from all walks of life, of all faiths, all linguistic groups, all ages, will express our commitment to peace by coming out on the streets and holding hands in unity from 12 noon to 12.15 pm. on Friday the 12th of December 2008.
    We, the people of Mumbai, who have seen hatred and bloodshed in (…)

  • Pakistan: secularism is fundamental for womens rights

    by Rubina Saigol, 3 December 2008

    THE relationship of women with the state in Pakistan appears to depend on three interrelated sets of relationships: (i) the relation between the state and the individual citizen; (ii) the relation between the state and the ethnic or religious group to which a citizen belongs; and (iii) the relation between women and the ethnic or religious group with which they identify.

  • Defining Migrants, Foreigners and Citizens in Assam

    by Sanjib Baruah, 3 December 2008

    The Telegraph, December 2, 2008
    The contentious history of citizenship, which lies behind the Assam bombings, emanates from the Partition, writes Sanjib Baruah
    Even by the standards of a place quite used to political violence, the serial terror bombings in Assam of a month ago had crossed a threshold. While asking who did it, we have not asked what created the political space for this dangerous turn. So there is a tendency to think that there may be a technocratic answer, like border (…)

  • As India-Pakistan Tensions Rise - Extremists stand to gain

    by Praful Bidwai, 3 December 2008

    Inter Press Service, December 3, 2008
    India Mulling Tough Options Against Pakistan
    by Praful Bidwai
    NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (IPS) - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the Indian capital Wednesday to try and soothe nerves frayed by last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, but is likely to face an uphill task in defusing mounting suspicion and tension between India and Pakistan.
    Many Indian policymakers have adopted a hardened posture against Pakistan in the belief (…)

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