Praveen Swami has a well-researched article from a terrorism-security framework:
India's strategic deafness & the massacre in Mumbai
Progressive publications have been silent on this issue thus far. Have they no perspective on this? They seem unable to provide even basic answers to pressing issues that trouble average folks, like security. Terrorism, though not a major killer in numbers, has a much greater effect psychologically because, like Bush says, of the 'hopelessness' offered by it. A rather indifferent article by Tariq Ali conflating ideological pet themes with real ground issues that connect tenuously:
India's leaders need to look closer to home
Kashmir
William Dalrymple has a sober informative article relating how normal and middle-class Kashmiris and other South Asian Muslims become emotively resentful of India's treatment of Kashmiri Muslims.
Mumbai atrocities highlight need for solution in Kashmir
Pakistan
And Pakistan, poor Pakistan. At the end of all this jingoistic barrage, helpless to protect its image, and helpless itself against the same forces at work, Pakistan is really paying a big price for its misadventures of the past. Pakistan has already faced more suicide bombings than any other nation including Iraq this year, and is caught between a barely restrained marauding force (US) and further alienating and radicalizing their own citizenry. Even as the Mumbai street battles were winding down, Pakistan faced yet another suicide bombing killing 6 security personnel.
Indian jingoism, barely separated from Hindu righteousness, is threatening to unnecessarily and unhelpfully escalate an already terrible situation. Political leaders are proving no more than opportunistic by feeding red meat to the raving dogs of war...
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
...neighbouring nations would have to face a cost if they allowed their territory to be used to launch attacks on India...
Pranab Mukherjee, Foreign Minister of India
...prima facie evidence indicates elements with links to Pakistan are involved...
Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat
This is for the first time Pakistan has allowed use of sea routes to further terrorism against India
Never mind the absence of evidence thus far. What a shame.
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