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| Editorial: Brutal Face of Anti-LTTE Military Operations |
Editorial: Brutal Face of Anti-LTTE Military Operations
The Editorial Team
In a shocking revelation the UN sources have reported the killing of 20,000 Tamil civilians in Sri Lankan military operations against LTTE. A London based paper "The Times" reports, "Aerial photographs, official documents, witness accounts and expert testimony present clear evidence of an atrocity that comes close to matching Srebrenica, Darfur and other massacres of civilians". The death toll may well cross beyond current estimates of 20,000 as no figure as been so far relia...
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| The Relentless March of Dogma - I |
The Relentless March of Dogma—I
Jai Prakash Sharma
 Rehman argues that the seeds of the problem were contained in the politics which led to the creation of Pakistan. The demand for a separate homeland for the Muslims of India was plainly based on religion. The leaders who whipped up communal frenzy to gather support for their project did not spend much time elaborating the constitutional features of the new country they were trying to create. Most of the slogans raised during the 1945-46 elections explained the idea of Pakista...
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| In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful - II |
In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful – II
Adity Sharma
We have expounded several explanations of why and how the religion of peace has inflicted so much pain and suffering against the non-believers, let us look at a book titled: "JIHÃD - THE ISLAMIC DOCTRINE OF PERMANENT WAR" by Suhas Majumdar an Indian Hindu scholar. Majumdar refutes the very idea of the meaning of Jihad, and its contemporary interpretations by apologetics, and fundamentalists alike. For example: although Majumdar agrees that jihãd fi Sabilillah"s litera...
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| The Brown Parrot - Part I |
The Brown Parrot – Part I
Pankaj Saksena
 Adiga, on the other hand, is thrice removed from the society and the events he talks about in his book. Born in a metropolitan, Chennai, educated in Australia, the UK, and the US, he has nothing in common with his protagonist, Balram, who is a ‘low-caste' driver from Bihar. But the un-authenticity of narration doesn't bother Adiga. In fact, he thinks it is quite a duty of a writer to go beyond his own experience; to take a leap beyond reality; to plunge into pure fantasy. H...
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| A Tale of Two Riots | A Tale of Two Riots
Amba Charan Vashishtha
The turbulence in both the instances was triggered by a provocation and instigation -- the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by the unfortunate, inhuman killing of the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, by two of her own security guards who happened to be Sikhs. In Delhi and elsewhere hundreds of Sikhs were butchered in cold blood. Women widowed, children orphaned and bread-earners snatched before the eyes of their families. Their only crime was that they too belonged to the Sik...
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