terrorism - A Romantic Realist

Browse by Tags

All Tags » terrorism (RSS)
Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:14 PM

When Kalam doesn't cut it

In one of those typical company-wide emails that only IT people can send, one landed in my in box a little while ago, titled " How Can I Contribute in Saving Corporate Costs?" The IT department has decided that sending me an excerpt from a speech...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 16 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , ,
Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:19 PM

The (un)intentionally offensive Indian?

There has been a lot of renewed debate in India this past week about Muslims, Hindus, Pakistanis, “true” Muslims, Jews, Americans and Islamists, as India and Indians come to terms with the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. It is only natural that issues of...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 14 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Sunday, November 30, 2008 7:55 PM

A Prime Minister Who Should Be An OpEd Writer

Usually, it is the opinion page editors of newspapers who are in the habit of telling the government and the people as to what ought to be done. In India, however, it is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speciality as the man who can get things done...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 15 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , ,
Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:58 AM

A shameful silence

As I write this, it is now 14 hours since news of terrorist attacks in Mumbai started trickling in and the situation remains both volatile and confusing. Since then, George W Bush, US President-elect Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Pakistan...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 50 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , , ,
Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:46 PM

So, how many Muslims do I have in my newsroom--and my life?

It was one of those serendipitous encounters. Rather than continue waiting for an errant car service at 6.30 am on a Saturday morning and risk missing my flight, I walked up to someone on the campus of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore since...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 57 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , , ,
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:53 PM

Fighting terrorists by throwing stones from glass houses

Since the 13 September bombings in New Delhi, there has been a lot written and said in the media about the challenges faced and lapses by police and other government officials in dealing with domestic terrorism. Much of it has focused on what steps ought...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 4 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , ,
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:26 PM

Is Incredible !ndia in danger of becoming far-fetched India

Two emails since Saturday's New Delhi bombings and a story in 16 September Financial Express on Indian hotels hiking "tariffs despite slowdown, competition" have me thinking about the medium-term impact of the bomb blasts in New Delhi on...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 7 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , , , ,
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:55 PM

How bad writing (and no editing) can bias readers

Here is a Press Trust of India newswires story that ran in Hindustan Times on 19 August. I have put in italics and underlined some words that are worth paying special attention to as you casually read this story. Ahmedabad blasts: Ken Haywood slips out...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 13 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , , , , ,
Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:49 PM

What does Wipro have to do with terrorists?

"Ex-Wipro agent's hand in hacking?" was the headline of a front page story in the New Delhi edition of The Times of India on 17 August about Taufique Bilal, one of the men that the Gujarat police say they suspect of being one of the brains...
Posted by Raju Narisetti | 7 comment(s)
Tagged in: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,