Tag Archives: jihad

Arundhati Roy is dangerously wrong on Kashmir

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated October 27, 2010.) Venky Vembu There’s a mesmeric seductive quality to Arundhati Roy’s prose. For all its verbiage, it teases, tempts and torments the mind and lures it into the parlour of … Continue reading →

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‘Jihadists have penetrated the US’

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Venky

(This interview with Dr Walid Phares on whether jihadi terror had taken root in the US, was published in DNA edition dated December 13, 2009.) Venky Vembu Recent arrests, in Pakistan and in the US, of US nationals linked to … Continue reading →

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The madness of rage

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated December 10, 2008, barely a fortnight after the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008.) Venky Vembu Even a fortnight after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, people across India are seething with … Continue reading →

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Needed: an Islamic Reformation

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Venky

(This column, calling on moderate Muslims to seize the political ground from fundamentalists and jihadists, was published in  DNA edition dated November 12, 2008; barely a fortnight later, the Mumbai terror attacks unfolded…) Venky Vembu Politics abhors a vacuum, and … Continue reading →

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