A special Mumbai Court judge on Thursday sentenced Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab to death for his role in the 2008 Mumbai bombings. Kasab who is from Pakistan was the only gunman captured alive. The method of execution in India is by hanging. Many organizations including prominent Muslim organization in India have welcomed the verdict. Prominent [...]
A day before Pakistani citizen Ajmal Amir Kasab was sentenced to death by the Indian courts another terrorist with Pakistani connections, Faisal Shahzad, was arrested by the American government for trying to set off a bomb in Times Square New York. Pakistan has quickly distanced itself from both these individuals. So far Pakistan has not [...]
I read an article about the upcoming wedding of Bollywood star Manisha Koirala. Overall, I was very surprised about how defensive she was when it came to the nature of the marriage. She said “Yes, I’m getting married to Samrat. He’s from Nepal, like me. But please, it is not an arranged marriage”. In the [...]
As an Indian who has lived in the United States for a long period of time I am generally in favor of improved relationship between the two nations. For India its relationship with Pakistan, China and the United States are its three most important ones. For the United States its relationship with India is important [...]
It is very clear that the Indian government has a major problem on its hands in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena is not only challenging the state and central governments authority over the state but is also trying to influence India’s foreign policy. If the government does not handle this swiftly and cleverly then it has [...]
I was sitting on the new red steps at Times Square. It was my final stop in a brief afternoon visit to New York City. One of the advantages of living near Philadelphia is that you are very close to cities like New York, Baltimore and Washington D.C. I do not visit these cities as [...]
One of my favorite bands is the Irish band Cranberries. I like the voice of lead singer Dolores O’Riordan (there is something sexy about a rock band whose lead singer is a woman). Many of their songs are about the troubles in Northern Ireland. The one I like the most is “Zombie” which was actually [...]
In an editorial on Saamana (Shiv Sena party mouthpiece) Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray has mentioned that “fundamentalist Muslims are the biggest threat to the country and that we need to fight against it”. He added that “Except some like Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Mukhtar Abbas and Farooq Abdullah, the rest are trying to destroy [...]
Yesterday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the 2016 Olympics will be held in the beautiful Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Rio is the first South American city to host the Olympics. Americans in general do not follow the Olympics or news
This is a very simple question. On the surface the answer seems to be very obvious. Since 9/11 there have been no terrorist attacks on American soil. There were some attacks on American interests abroad but nothing major. There are constant reports of senior members of
The Israeli consulate in Mumbai has launched a Hindi and Urdu version of their website called “Namaste Israel”. In addition the Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a web site called “Gaza Facts” which provides a lot of detail about “Operation Cast Lead”.
On August 22 of this year Press Trust of India reported that India remained the largest market and primary driver of air traffic growth for Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). It is a fact that millions of Indians live and work in the Middle East. Most of these Indians are from the South India particularly [...]
