What about Tiger Memon?
There is this niggling thing about the 1993 blasts case that just does not add up. We have Yakub’s “confession”. We have hanged him. We have evidence about Tiger Memon …
Terrorism in India
After Yakub Memon’s execution. Now what?
So #Yakub Memon was finally hanged this morning. The #Supreme Court did a dramatic early morning hearing to hear the challenge to the President’s rejection of Yakub Memon’s mercy petition, …
#याकूब_को_फांसी_दो #SaveTiger trends as SC dismisses #YakubMemon’s plea
Short, disappointed post just tickled at the irony. In my post “Who profits from hanging Yakub Memon?” I had pointed out that hanging him basically means yet another dead witness …
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Yakub Menon even more strange – a case of Chinese whispers? #YakubMemon
At 1:52 this afternoon, Majid Memon, a journalist, wrote an article “Yakub Memon: Break the official omerta – In #Yakub Memon case, state displayed bad faith” about his perceptions about the case …
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Who profits from hanging Yakub Memon?
Yakub Memon is the brother of Tiger Memon and provided him and Dawood Ibrahim financial assistance in the planning of the Mumbai train blasts of 1993. After the blasts, Dawood …
Baba Ramdev aide Ved Pratap Vaidik meets Hafiz Muhammed Saeed in Pakistan
Let us begin with the video of the king of “carefully presented BJP interviews”, Rajat Sharma interviewing Baba Ramdev aide Ved Pratap Vaidik. Even as respected journalists flee a sinking …
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26/11 and what it says about us
After 26/11 we had many intentions about improved functioning. A week or so ago, a man murdered his ex-wife INSIDE a women’s police station and escaped. A Hindustan Times article quotes …
Standard response to crisis
Questioning our knee jerk response to emergency situations, its impact and exploring more functional alternatives.
To the Spirit of Mumbai
Today, the 14th of July 2011. 3 blasts in Mumbai. Kabootarkhana, Zaveri Bazar and Opera house. 21 dead and 101 injured at last count. So, by now, newspapers, TV Channels are …