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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Husain-surrenders-passport/588546

I would read this highly intellectual interview (dated). Lots of critical points to ponder.

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne020208in_hindu_culture.asp

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(Hockey, rather than this.)

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It reminds me in many ways of the Sbarro bombing in Jerusalem.

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Hindu nationalist mobs rampaged through India’s cultural center Wednesday, tearing up movie posters and stoning a theater in protest of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan’s comments in support of Pakistani cricketers.
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The Shiv Sena, a Mumbai-centered political party known for regional chauvinism and Hindu fundamentalism, has branded Khan a traitor for expressing regret that no cricketers from Pakistan – India’s archrival – were chosen to participate in next month’s Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.

Khan, who is Muslim, has refused to apologize for the comments.

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Australia says attacks on Indians harm Indian ties.

The government is committed to preventing attacks against Indian students studying in Australia, which are harming relations with India and damaging the nation’s reputation, a minister said Tuesday while conceding that some assaults appeared racially motivated.

No kidding? Whoda thunk it…

At least they’re finally doing something about it:

Smith said police in four states had recently made arrests for violent crimes against Indians, including 45 arrested in Victoria.

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“As long as Jammu and Kashmir is under Indian subjugation, jihad must continue… Pakistan should continue political, diplomatic and moral support for the Kashmiris seeking freedom.

If Pakistani rulers cannot help Kashmiris, they should let the field open for the Kashmiri militants, instead of creating any obstacles in their way,” said a declaration adopted at the “Solidarity with Kashmir” conference.

Problem here is that the Kashmir liberation movement is only tangentially about Kashmir anymore since it’s been assimilated into the global-caliphate-seeking borg. For example, Lashkar-e-Taiba’s “director of transnational operations” running terrorist operations in Australia, Denmark and elsewhere to address concerns that have zero relation to Kashmir.

And a separate but related point: the Indians have no reason to come to the negotiating table and sue for peace since elements of the militant movement have made it abundantly clear that they won’t rest until all 150 million Muslims in India are ‘liberated,’ and other extremists go still further and speak of the glory days when large parts of the subcontinent and its vast non-Muslim populations were under Muslim rule…in short, the Kashmir separatists can’t deliver a peace dividend, so why should India bother with them?

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Limit displays of affection as you celebrate Valentine’s Day or face prosecution, authorities in western India are warning the public.

Police have banned what they call shows of obscenity, noisy celebrations, and the use of liquor and colored powders from Wednesday till February 15 in the city of Pune, in Maharashtra state.
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Maharashtra has been the scene of violent protests on past Valentine’s Days, by Hindu nationalist activists who say the event corrupts Indian culture. Maharashtra is home to the country’s financial hub, Mumbai.

The police ban, which applies to public and private locations, also restricts gatherings of people.

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Kumar, who grew up in India, wrote some articles about his marriage and later found his name and address had been posted on an Internet hit list of Hindu ‘traitors.’ (a topic that resonates since we’ve been discussing Internet death threats so much recently (here, here and here).

The book starts with him sitting down to interview the man who likely put him on that list, a retired office worker living in Jackson Heights.

Like Mr. Barotia, I was born in the provinces and grew up in small towns. For me, the move to the city meant that I learned English and embraced secular, universal rationality and liberalism. Mr. Barotia remained truer to his roots and retained his religion as well as a narrower form of nationalism that went with it. His revenge on the city was that he also became a fanatic. I do not envy him his changes, but I can’t think of those changes without a small degree of tenderness.

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