The terror attack on Bombay in late November resulted not only in the loss of nearly 200 precious lives, but has forced the Subcontinent to confront the fragility of peace. In this issue of Himal, we bring together analysis and introspection about what the attacks mean for us as a region......
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The sudden and incredible vulnerability
By: Jayadeva Uyangoda
The post-Bombay responses by New Delhi and Islamabad reveal a continued refusal to grasp that violence begets violence. In the current global environment, such a mindset will be catastrophic.
Rage and outrage amidst political modernism
By: C K Lal
Religious extremism is merely social unrest by another name.
Stranger than fiction
By: Meena Menon
As the attacks unfolded, journalists trying to cover the action had no more insight than anyone else as to how to react.
The collective spectacle
By: Amit Madheshiya
What will be Bombay’s iconic image?
Violence without limits and Pakistan's challenge
By: A H Nayyar & Zia Mian
Policymakers in Islamabad have reached a point of no return.
Bombay to Kashmir
By: Farhan Reza
Three days of trauma, hundreds of grieving families, a media frenzy, a crackdown on Kashmiri militants, a sudden fear of war.
Whine, or play cricket
By: Michael Roberts
In an atmosphere of heightened militant threats, continuing to play cricket might just be a way to counter the paranoia.
'Terrorism', Taliban and the tribal militia
By: Aunohita Mojumdar
Afghanistan, the theatre of the ‘war on terror’, can provide many lessons to those who seek to crush violence by military means.
A tale of two mosques
By: Khalid Anis Ansari
Recent anniversaries have marked the demolition of two mosques, one very well known and the other much less so. The latter opens our minds to caste stratifications among India’
Let them eat paan
By: Kanak Mani Dixit
Rage and outrage amidst political modernism
Religious extremism is merely social unrest by another name.
...Recent anniversaries have marked the demolition of two mosques, one very well known and the other much less so. The latter opens our...
After the Emergency: Bangladesh Votes
On 29 December, Bangladeshis went to the polls for the first time in seven years. The latest results show a landslide victory for the The Awami League-led alliance, however the BNP complains of iregularities and vote-rigging in polling centres. For the past months, the country has seen a frenzy of excitement and activity in preparation for the Parliamentary Elections of 2008, from the introduction of new electoral laws, to anti-corruption drives and biting oratory from all parties involved. Himal Southasian, in collaboration with the Drik Picture Library, a photo library and media organisation in Dhaka, is carrying original, up-to-date coverage of the events on the ground during the week of the landmark elections.
Odhikar and IFES Joint Statement on Election Violence
