Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Mumbai rekindles debate about Muslims, their beard and so on

    by Jawed Naqvi, 1 December 2008

    Dawn, December 1, 2008
    WHAT else could one do to cope with relentless grief? So I joined an impromptu candlelight vigil held by a dozen friends at India Gate, where we paid our silent tribute to the fallen brave of Mumbai. Scores of men, women and children were visiting there anyway, eating ice creams or buying dinky toys. They were ordinary citizens having a holiday due to the Delhi assembly elections. Some of them also joined us in lighting candles.
    There was no speech, no slogan, just (…)

  • Mumbai massacres may be a harbinger of more violence to come

    by William Dalrymple, 1 December 2008

    In the months ahead, we are likely to see a security crackdown in India and huge pressure applied to Pakistan to match its pro-Indian and pro-Western rhetoric with real action against the country’s jihadi groups. But there is unlikely to be peace in South Asia until the demands of the Kashmiris are in some measure addressed and the swamp of grievance in Srinagar somehow drained. Until then, the Mumbai massacres may be a harbinger of more violence to come.

  • A radio discussion on the November 2008 attack in Bombay

    by sacw.net, 1 December 2008

    A Democracy Now radio discussion on the November 2008 attack in Bombay. Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez talking to Vijay Prashad, Biju Mathew, Tariq Ali and Teesta Setalvad

  • Time to answer vital questions on November 2008 attack on Bombay

    by Teesta Setalvad, 1 December 2008

    Daily News and Analysis, November 30, 2008
    The television has been turned off finally for the first time in two and a half days. The ensuing space and silence allows reflection and a reaction but little relief. The human cost paid has been unbearably high. As we grieve the losses, the grief gives way to a rightful anger, to necessary questions that demand more than routine, banal answers. Helplessness and defeat is what we just cannot afford.
    Was it a siege, or a war, or a fullblown (…)

  • Mumbai bloodbath: A statement by concerned citizens of India and Pakistan

    by sacw.net, 1 December 2008

    www.sacw.net, December 1, 2008 This Joint Statement was released to the press simultaneously in Pakistan and India on November 30 2008.
    We are deeply shocked and horrified at the bloody mayhem in Mumbai, which has claimed more than a hundred and ninty lives and caused grievous injuries to several hundred people, besides sending a wave of panic and terror across South Asia and beyond. We convey our profound feelings of sorrow and sympathies to the grieving families of the unfortunate (…)

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