The conflict is between the Indian state and Kashmiri militants supported by Pakistan. But on the ground, the conflict ends up being between human beings destroying each other. Pawns in a larger game. How can we enlarge the human element enough to corner the political puppeteers, to consider that human
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Alienation of migrants at root of France’s jihadi problem – Rakesh Sood
France is particularly vulnerable to the threat of home-grown terrorists, given that among European countries, it has one of the largest immigrant populations, drawn largely from former colonies in Africa. It is estimated six million, nearly 10% of the French population, are Muslims. While the first generation of immigrants were
Operation Sentinelle, launched after the 2015 attacks, has failed – Vaiju Naravane
Inner city Paris shows none of the cultural and racial diversity that marks London. Immigrants often live in cheap housing in ghettoized council estates on the edges of France’s grand cities, whether Paris, Lyon or Bordeaux with Marseille being the only exception. Their integration and feeling of not belonging to
Three terror attacks in two years: Why is France a target -S. Aaron
Religious extremists are able to exploit the deep sense of discrimination and exclusion that minorities experience in France. Waves of immigrants from former French colonies in North Africa and West Asia were, for instance, settled in “underfunded, distant suburbs” , called banlieues, which have come to connote slums marked by
How West learned to breathe free – Vandana Shukla
Swami Paramhansa Yogananda travelled around US for decades. His deeply transformative powers of yoga stand in contrast with the industry grown around it. An American documentary captures rare moments. Long before yoga became muscle-honing postures, something to reclaim Bharatiyata, it was a universal device meant to maximise human potential. Recently released,
Poverty isn’t always a reason: What Dhaka killings tell us about terrorism – Prashant Jha
As the identity of the men who attacked the Dhaka restaurant on recently emerged, Bangladesh’s elite were shocked. The young men belonged to affluent families, with parents who worked in business and politics. They had studied in some of the country’s top schools. Some had even gone to higher educational
Dhaka attack is an alarm: The secular code of Bangladesh is under siege – Subir Bhaumik
Sheikh Hasina’s government has lived in self-delusion over the serial attacks on secular bloggers, writers and publishers that slowly snowballed into assassinations of Hindu and Buddhist priests and even foreigners like the Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella and Japanese national Kunio Hoshi. Yes, there has been a build-up to that.
From Brexit to the future: More neoliberal ideology won’t help – Joseph E Stiglitz
Digesting the full implications of the United Kingdom’s ‘Brexit’ referendum will take Britain, Europe, and the world a long time. The most profound consequences will, of course, depend on the European Union’s response to the UK’s withdrawal. Most people initially assumed that the EU would not “cut off its nose
In Britain, the End of the Establishment -Pankaj Mishra
Brexit represents, on this scale of crime, a collective suicide bombing. This is how the first globalized elites came to the end of themselves as they were, condemning their own country to disintegration and collapse. Recently the global revolt against metropolitan elites achieved a stunning result: Brexit. George Orwell once described
Bring the Dallas murderers to justice. And the killers of black people too- Garry Younge
In a country where it’s easier to obtain a semi-automatic gun than to obtain healthcare, a fragile mind can wreak havoc on a fragile political culture. So it was on Thursday night when a shooter opened fire on police at a Black Lives Matter demonstration killing five officers and wounding at least seven