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All terrorism roads lead to Pakistan, says Salman Rushdie
This blog presents information in an unbaised manner. Hence, as offensive as may seem to my Pakistani friends reading this PTI report, this statement has reached concensus levels in the most of the world. There should be a Pakistan Awakening..these people are using YOUR lands and YOUR people to export terror! Stop this from [...]
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Who do you think is behind the Mumbai attacks? Take the poll
People from 233 cities around the world have visited this blog and growing…Invite your friends to cast the vote. Polls close December 31. I will announce the results along with a breakdown of which countries the votes came from. Here’s a titbit, after NYC, Karachi leads the visitor list! Should be interesting. At the time of [...]
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Arundhati Roy Article: Mumbai was not India’s 9/11
Wow…unlike the recent one-sided articles recently in the press cheering on India, this one by Arundhati Roy is hard-hitting, OUTspoken and thought provoking. She bars no holds and highlights the issues India needs to take a hard look at within our borders. I applaud her for taking this approach. No surprise this is coming from [...]
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New York Times: Jihad’s True Face
Great post that essentially states that patriotism must be roused by nations to fight terrorism. Both, by nations that are primarily victims of terrorism and those that have become terrorist havens. ” But if terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India (and the [...]
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A Talk with Suketu Mehta and Salman Rushdie: Understanding the Mumbai Attacks
Understanding the Mumbai Attacks A Conversation with Mira Kamdar, Former Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Asia Society, and Author, Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of our World Suketu Mehta,Author, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found and NYU Journalism Professor Salman Rushdie, Author of “Midnight s Children,” which was named Booker of Bookers, and several other [...]
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A Chilling and Touching Account of Heroes and Survival: A Survivor of the Mumbai Terror Attack at the Taj Hotel
This is a chilling but touching account of Michael Pollack, a survivor of the terrorist attacks at the Taj Hotel. Michael is a U.S. citizen married to an Indian. Must read. - An IDIOT member of parliament who phoned into a live newscast and let the world know that hundreds of people–including CEOs, foreigners [...]
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Pakistan is a World Leader!
Pakistan had the 2nd highest search volume for the term “AK47″ Globally as per Google (click on link 4). It tops the list in several other categories. Find out which. Must see. (All safe links to Google. I used tinyurl.com to compress the links and mask the words). Link 5 is the most searched word [...]
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NY Times: What They Hate About Mumbai by Suketu Mehta
MY bleeding city. My poor great bleeding heart of a city. Why do they go after Mumbai? There’s something about this island-state that appalls religious extremists, Hindus and Muslims alike. Perhaps because Mumbai stands for lucre, profane dreams and an indiscriminate openness.
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An open letter to a terrorist By Kunal Merchant Posted On Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 03:43:03 AM The objective of a terrorist is not to kill, injure nor maim, but to instill terror in his victims. Your bullets and bombs killed close to 200 people and injured another 400, but your malice victimised around 1 billion [...]
Vijay Kirloskar reveals how he escaped miraculously from the Trident on 26/11 BANGALORE: Kirloskar group chairman Vijay Kirloskar was at the Oberoi on the day terror struck Mumbai. The Bangalore-based industrialist, who had a miraculous escape, thanked his 50-year-long asthma problem for saving him from the “worst moment of his life.” Kirloskar checked into the Trident [...]
Eating In Saved Sir Gulam’s Life Every night since the previous Saturday, Sir Gulam Noon, 72 years old, one of Britain’s most prominent businessman, had dined at a restaurant in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace & Resort, where he was staying. On Wednesday night, he suggested to his colleagues and brother that they eat in his suite. That [...]
Your city’s Police or Anti-Terror squad will take action as quickly as possible. Remember that this single number 1090 is valid all over India This is a toll free number and can be dialed from mobile phones also. Moreover, the identity of the caller will be kept a secret. Let us make each and every citizen [...]
Sonia Faleiro wrote a nice post on her brush with the terrorists on 26/11 as they headed towards the TAJ. She had gone to the Stir Fry restaurant at Gordon House with friends when firing broke out outside. They were whisked in by the brave and quick thinking security guard and spent the night [...]
Is Pakistan campus educating students — or cultivating terrorists? By Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers MURIDKE, Pakistan — At first sight, it could be the campus of a tony boarding school, with neatly trimmed lawns and earnest young students walking between classes. The government of India, however, says the site, just outside the eastern city of [...]
By Cherian Thomas Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) — On Nov. 29, eight hours after the last terrorist in the Mumbai attacks was gunned down, Sonia Gandhi summoned about 25 leaders of the ruling Congress party to her private study and ripped into them. “We can no longer sit [...]
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Amir Ajmal Kasav: Detailed Confession Video
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The recent death and destruction in Mumbai, India, brought to my mind the death and destruction in Karachi on Oct. 18, 2007, when terrorists attacked a festive homecoming rally for my wife, Benazir Bhutto. Nearly 150 Pakistanis were killed and more than 450 were injured. The terrorist attacks in Mumbai may be a [...]
SRK and Bollywood React. Good interview where SRK clarifies that the Koran does not advocate violence. Islam as the word of Allah vs. Islam as interpreted by the Mullahs.
I saw this interview on NDTV of Shobha De during the attacks and had to share it in case you have not seen it. Kudos to her for being so outspoken. I have new found respect for her. Shobha De’s Outspoken Interview: Enough is Enough!
Quick Links
- British PM "three-quarters of the most serious terrorist plots investigated by the British authorities have links to al Qaeda in Pakistan. "The time has come for action, not words," he said. #
- Taj Mahal Hotel to reopen on Dec 21, 7PM. I will BE THERE. Will you? Jai Hind! #
- 8yr Old wants to help Mumbai Terror Attack Victims #
- Cama Hospital Baby: "When he grows up, I'll tell him, that he's made of steel'' #
- Mumbai Terrorists Relied on New Technology for Attacks #
- Two armed young men calmly walked into CST... opened fire on seeing me click photographs Mirror photographer Satish Malavade almost got shot at CST #
- For a week no one saw 8 kg RDX lying at CST parcel room Providential escape for Mumbai. Find raises question about what Qasab is still not telling us #
- So much for the attackers NOT being Pakistani. I'm glad Pakistan is co-operating. I doubt they had any other option due to pressure from the U.S. and threat of surgical strikes on Pakistan by India. • Militant named by India among 12 seized in raid • Islamabad says local courts to try the detained #
- Dramatic Photos From the Mumbai Terror Attacks #
- DNA India: Never again will any member of the Waghela family offer water to a thirsty stranger. #
- RDX found at Bade Miyan's. Why no updates? My hunch is that the government wants to keep any possible involvement of local Muslims hushed up to prevent communal riots. I think this is wise. #
- 9 Terrorists Killed, 1 Caught, 10 locations attacked? Does not add up. Some Terrorists obviously got away. #
- FARIDKOT, near Depalpur, Pakistan — The lone gunman captured alive by Indian police during last week's terrorist attack on Mumbai comes from a dirt-poor village in Pakistan's southern Punjab #
Welcome to India Awakening!
I am a Mumbaikar who has been living in the U.S. for a little over 11 years.
As soon as I heard about the attacks on 26/11, I tuned into the live newscasts. I spent the next 3 days transfixed, watching the terrible events unfold. Seething with rage and feeling unable to help in any way, I have since been glued to the media trying to decipher who? why? and what can I do to help? Anger quickly gave way to sorrow and then a strong urge to do something.
I quickly realized while speaking to friends and family in the U.S. and India there were some very important, inspirational and constructive voices that are being lost in the deluge of news that has been pouring out.
By starting this Blog, I hope to bring forth some of these voices and stories which must be heard by EVERY Mumbaikar and EVERY Indian. I also hope to highlight ways in which we can make a difference.
By not allowing the Terrorists to divide us or bring down our economy, we have handed them a resounding defeat. If anything, they have galvanized us. We must keep up the momemtum and shake off our apathy and our Chalta Hai attitudes. India Awakening..
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