Tag Archives: India

Robert Jensen :
MEDIA | Journalist launches online archive to document diversity of rural India

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

P. Saimath’s People’s Archive of Rural India aims to make the ‘invisible India’ both visible and audible, not only to urban Indians but to the whole world. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | January 19, 2015 P. Sainath … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : There Are Marxists in India?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Prabhat Patnaik. Image from The Bruce Initiative on Rethinking Capitalism.‘There are Marxists in India?’ Economist Prabhat Patnaik on the global crisis By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 After an engaging half-hour interview with India’s pre-eminent … Continue reading →

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James McEnteer : Proud Heritage of Indians in South Africa

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Indians first came to South Africa 150 years ago. Photo from Hindi Blog.Indian givers:South Africa isn’t all black and white By James McEnteer / The Rag Blog / December 3, 2010 KWA-ZULU NATAL, South Africa — South Africans of Indian … Continue reading →

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Pakistan: Urgent Foreign Policy Matter for Obama

Posted on December 27, 2008 by RagBlog

This matter becomes all the more urgent with Pakistan moving troops to the Indian border because of the threats coming from that nation over the Mumbai attack. Purohit has some fine suggestions for the incoming administration in order to establish … Continue reading →

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Juan Cole: Obama’s Greatest Foreign Policy Challenge: The Complexity of Pakistani Politics

Posted on December 13, 2008 by RagBlog

President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan holds up a picture of his late wife, Benazir Bhutto, before addressing the 63rd United Nations General Assembly Sept. 25 in New York. Photo: Reuters/Eric Thayer.Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge?By Juan Cole … Continue reading →

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Mumbai LeT Terrorists May Have Trained in Iraq

Posted on December 3, 2008 by RagBlog

I want to explain my headline. It is now known that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are responsible for the Mumbai attacks. It is also know that the LeT have been active in the insurgency in Iraq since 2004. Although specific training … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Barack Obama, Religious Dialogue and a Response to Mumbai

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘He should be clear that the serious adherents of ALL religions should be condemning the use of violence in the name of their own as well as other religions, and that this should be true when Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, … Continue reading →

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Was Criminal Mastermind Behind the Mumbai Attacks?

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Fleeting glance of an elusive figure: criminal mastermind Ibrahim Dawood. ‘The eerie silence that accompanied the blasts are the very signature of Ibrahim Dawood, now a multi-millionaire owner of a construction company in Karachi, Pakistan.’By Yoichi Shimatsu / November 28, … Continue reading →

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Cole: Six Mistakes After 9/11 That India Can Avoid

Posted on November 30, 2008 by RagBlog

Targeted locations of the bombings across Mumbai. Photo: Daily Mail.India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush-Cheney RoadBy Juan Cole / November 30, 2008 Many Indians have called the attacks in Mumbai “India’s 9/11.” As an American who lived in India, … Continue reading →

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Deepak Chopra to Obama : Mumbai an Opportunity

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Deepak Chopra. Graphic from Salon. Deepak Chopra argues for a cool-headed response, saying that this is “Obama’s opportunity to actually harness the help of the Muslims.” Mumbai Attacks: ‘If You Go After the Wrong People, You Convert Moderates into Extremists’November … Continue reading →

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India/US Nuclear Deal Bad for the NPT

Posted on August 21, 2008 by RagBlog

U.S.-India nuclear deal a non-proliferation disasterBy Anthony Salloum / August 21, 2008 Countries like Canada must stand up to Bush and say this is a bad deal with dire consequences This week a select group of countries, Canada among them, … Continue reading →

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India : On the Front Lines of the Global Food Crisis

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The courtyard of the home where I stayed.Things that go bump in the nightBy Mira Kamdar / August 4, 2008 JAITU, FARIDKOT DISTRICT, India—Wrapped in a musky blanket under a fan that was frantically trying to beat the air free … Continue reading →

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