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Trouble in paradise: Hundreds of thousan …

thabet — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:02:42 +0000

Trouble in paradise: Hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets of Kashmir’s state capital to demand independence from India.

Meanwhile, Hindu protesters have been arrested by police in the Jammu region, following the state government’s decision not to grant a small piece of land to a trust running a Hindu shrine.

The India of Western dreams.

thabet — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:19:55 +0000

The India of Western dreams.

poverty problem solved: let them eat rat …

aziz — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:19:39 +0000

poverty problem solved: let them eat rats.

At least 10 people were killed when secu …

thabet — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:55:29 +0000

At least 10 people were killed when security forces opened fire on protesters defying a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir.

American intelligence agencies have conc …

aasem — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:20 +0000

American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.

As Bangalore recovers from yesterday’s …

aziz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:35:22 +0000

As Bangalore recovers from yesterday’s bombs, Ahmedabad reels from explosions - the second wave of which targeted hospitals from the first.

Indscribe spares no words in pointing out what complete failures the police and government at all levels have been.

At least 38 people have been killed and …

thabet — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:38:51 +0000

At least 38 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after a series of explosions struck Ahmedabad, India.

Meanwhile, police found an eighth bomb in Bangalore; this follows a series of blasts on Thursday which killed two people in the city.

This is one of the oddest (and as a pare …

shahed — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:14:04 +0000

This is one of the oddest (and as a parent, frankly disturbing) things I’ve seen in a while: Indian Muslims at a 500-year old baby-dropping ritual.

(The ritual is 500 years old, not the baby.)

Islam and Hinduism’s blurred lines in R …

thabet — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:16:21 +0000

Islam and Hinduism’s blurred lines in Rajasthan.

In India, the line between Hinduism and …

aziz — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:23:53 +0000

In India, the line between Hinduism and Islam is not all that fine, thanks to centuries of familial bonds and religious syncretism.