OPINION
TERRORISM:
India in a state of war!
Even those in India who thought they had had their fill of the ferocity and barbarism of which terrorists were capable would have been taken aback by the lethal ingenuity with which the self-styled Deccan Mujahideen has executed to ...
TERRORISM:
Combating terrorism should be an obsession
How does one react to yesterday’s attack on Mumbai with restraint and without succumbing to human emotions? This is the principal problem that confronts the most discerning of our observers. Staying free from cynicism and blame game is ...
PEOPLE:
A tradition to cherish
When you approach south Mumbai from the sea you see two landmarks you can’t forget. One is the Gateway of India, built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Delhi Durbar, in December ...
TERRORISM:
They don’t speak for me
When one of the terrorists holed up in the Oberoi hotel demanded while talking to a television channel “Release all the Mujahideens, and Muslims living in India should not be troubled,” he was certainly not speaking for me. Or ...
TERRORISM:
Shell shocked!
It is called late evening in Mumbai. Yes, 9.30 pm is called late evening in a city which works, enjoys and celebrates all 24 hours. And that is when the first shots were heard on Wednesday. Our home is 400 metres from the Leopold Café ...
TERRORISM:
A proud Indian, still
Many a time in my 47 years of life, I communed with God Almighty, thanking him for according me the blessing of being born an Indian. A proud citizen of the largest democracy, I have always believed that even if not perfect we are ...
EDITORIAL:
This too shall pass
Nothing could have summed up more the tragic irony of the most vicious terrorist attacks ever on Mumbai than the television images of the Anti-Terrorist Squad’s chief Hemant Karkare’s encounter with a terrorist’s bullet: ...
LETTERS:
Mumbai nightmare
The daring attacks (throwing grenades, opening fire, bombing, killing innocent people and the police) of terrorists at the Taj and Trident hotels and some places in the heart of Mumbai on Wednesday night is a serious blow to Indian ...
LETTERS:
Time to fight
The terrorist attacks in India’s financial capital Mumbai have shattered the people of the city. It was horrifying to see the massacre in the ...
LETTERS:
Needed, anti-terror laws
The reluctance of the UPA Government to implement strong anti-terrorist laws is emboldening terrorists to strike at will. In the US, thanks to the Government’s efforts, there has not been a single terrorist attack ...
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