November 29th, 2008
Some of the best selection of writing on the Mumbai attack by some of the best writers. Many thanks to Peter Griffin for the compilation.
Suketu Mehta’s Op-Ed piece in the New York Times.
Dilip D’souza, who’s writing style I adore, writes about the scene around him in the Washinton Post.
Naresh Fernandes in The New Republic . (See also his piece on Jews in Bombay)
And these pieces, on their blogs, by Amit Varma, Sonia Faleiro and Rahul Bhatia.
And these three by Prem Panicker: Respiro Ergo Sum, An Officer and a Gentleman and a Moron, The End Game. (the latter two link to some excellent stuff as well)
And this, by Ingrid Srinath . (Read also Priyanka Joseph’s comment to that post)
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Thanks for the collection. I sincerely hope these words reach the Government and they equip themselves appropriately for any such disasters in future. Right now the security situation is pathetic!
Thanks for the links. I’m from London and teh British media have had a surprisingly balanced account of events, but it’s still nice to read different opinions.
Btw I wrote a piece on teh human tragedies and little minutae of events at: http://pratiksrandomwalk.blogspot.com/2008/11/indias-terrorist-attacks-every-little.html
Add to this excellent list another article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/opinion/29mehta.html?_r=1
Priyanka Joseph’s comment was just like any other comment….not worth mentioning.
Nice read, kribs thanks for that
Friends!
Gnani’s piece -”Hotel Taj : icon of whose India ? “- at http://openspace.org.in/node/808 is also a worthy read in this regard!
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Venkatramanan
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Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section ” 49-O” that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he/she doesn’t want to vote anyone! Yes such a feature is available, but obviously past + present leaders have never disclosed it.
This is called “49-O”.
Why should You go and say ” I VOTE NOBODY”. Because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received “49-O” votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them.
This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way; of our whole political system. It is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public.
Please spread this news to as many as You know.
Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India. Show Your power, expressing Your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting. So don’t miss Your chance. So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote 49-O) and pass this information to all.
Use your voting right for a better INDIA. Share this with as many as You can. Because sharing is caring. It is caring about our dear Mother India.
Good compilation Kiruba.