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Comment on India Briefing’s Special Issue On: Delhi & Mumbai’s Investment Environment by blackjack ballroom

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Comment on An analysis of the Mumbai attacks by Priyanka

Priyanka — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:40:45 +0000

Hi! Shourik, Thanks for an in depth and incisive analysis of the Mumbai attacks. I agree with you on both points - the U.S. - Afghanistan - Pakistan angle as well as Dawood Ibrahim’s continued remote controlled influence over Mumbai.
However two other points too need to be raised. 1 is the inefficiency with which the Mumbai police and special task force were made to fight the terrorists - which questions India’s bureaucracy and corruption. This leads to my second point - India’s flawed foreign policy. Indian and Pakistan politicians need to learn how to play their diplomatic cards right - we have to maintain friendly and cordial relations with our neighbors if we are to stamp out terrorism.

Comment on An analysis of the Mumbai attacks by Shourik

Shourik — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:36:32 +0000

A good analysis from Kapur, I think, especially as he mentions one credible “reason” for the attacks - Afghanistan. Why did the attacks happen now? Because the Indians have played a very careful game, with on the ground diplomacy and trade/investment into the fledgling nation. They have resisted overt military force, even after their diplomatic outposts were targetted. The primary strategic benefits to the terrorists are to distract Pakistani forces from their mission in SWAT, NWFP and assisting the NATO/UN mission in Afghanistan.

(Let me also be clear that I don’t believe there is any “reason” to kill innocent commuters at the railway station, blow up tourists, shoot into a maternity hospital and murder innocent men, women and children. I use the phrase to try and focus on what the terrorists wished to achieve.)

One interesting angle which is yet to be explored is the influence of the man alleged to be responsible for the 1993 Mumbai bombings - Dawood Ibrahim. Supposedly commuting between Karachi and Dubai for most of the last decade, Dawood has been reported to be at various times one (or more of) Mumbai’s premier standover man, mafia don, business tycoon, film financier, ISI agent, India’s most wanted man, had his global assets frozen by the US… the list goes on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawood_Ibrahim

Aside from the Malegaon blasts in 2006, which investigators were preparing to allege were committed by Hindu fundamentalists linked to the BJP, all of the significant bombings in Maharashtra (of which Mumbai is the capital) had shown a detailed level of local knowledge by the attackers. Dawood’s influence? Or another network that remains nameless?

These are just two points which can be made about the most recent attacks in Mumbai. I’m sure many PhDs have been submitted on terrorism in India since its independence from Britain in 1947!

I look forward to hearing from other contributors.

Comment on India Briefing’s Special Issue On: Delhi & Mumbai’s Investment Environment by category healthcare medical

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Comment on Gandhi’s De Grunwald : “Mumbai is Chaotic” by Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:46:22 +0000

Thanks Pffefer for your kind words. Everyone is now safe, if a little traumatised, and we are rearranging itineries and flights back home for our affected clients. Our office has been damaged, and I’ll be flying into Mumbai next week to ensure all staff are OK and get things back on their feet. Your comments are appreciated. - Chris

Comment on Gandhi’s De Grunwald : “Mumbai is Chaotic” by Pffefer

Pffefer — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:30:07 +0000

Be safe, Chris and other Indian friends!

May these terrorist scumbags rot in hell.

Comment on Tibetans gather to discuss the road ahead by Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:29:27 +0000

I wouldn’t bet on it. The Tibetans are not especially popular in the Himalayas, who are regarded generally as being historically troublesome and better off under Chinese rule. Ethnic unrest in Tibet could spark serious problems in the Himalayas with massive consequences for Northern India, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan and especially Nepal; as well as in Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. There is a lot more to this issue concerning regional security than the usual Chinese oppression angle. It will certainly not be alright if Tibet goes into meltdown. No-one else really wants them and refugees would not be welcomed.

Comment on Tibetans gather to discuss the road ahead by Pffefer

Pffefer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:27:34 +0000

“restrictions on non-Tibetans moving into Tibet”

If anyone else pulls something like this there will be outrage everywhere, I guess not for the Tibetans-in-exile in India.

And I am bothered by this sentence: “Despite a half-century of Chinese rule and political campaigns, large numbers of Tibetans remain fervently Buddhist and loyal to the Dalai Lama. ” Was it China’s goal to convert the Buddhists to athiests? No kidding. There are tons of Buddhists in China, for your information.

Comment on Asian national dresses across the region by Pffefer

Pffefer — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:26:06 +0000

There is revival of Hanfu (loosely translated as “traditional clothes worn by ethnic Han Chinese”) in China these days.

Comment on Jet Airways to cancel Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco route from January 13 by Max Vittachi

Max Vittachi — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:22:45 +0000

I don’t think they followed the route properly through with marketing either in India, the US or Shanghai.