South Asia Citizens Web

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 (…)

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.

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 (…)

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 (…)

When nationalism rears its head, the beast of 24-hour television news fuels conflict.