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New Book Published by M J Akbar
"Fratelli di Sangue"
Italian Translated version
of Blood Brothers
 ISBN
978-88-545-0186-7
Pagine 352 Pages 352
Euro 18,50 Euro 18.50
Collana: Le tavole d'oro Series: The tables gold
Fratelli di Sangue
Published by Neri Pozza
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"Blood
Brothers" is first book to be translated into Italian. The novel 'Fratelli
de Sangue' was presented in Rome at the headquarters of Adnkronos.
The
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 Shade of Swords by MJ Akbar
The spirit of
jihad entered Islam at Badr. It is a spirit that inspires among
believers a heroism beyond the bounds of reason; equally, it
inspires dread among those outside the fold of Allah. Its root
lies in the Arabic jehad, meaning exertion or striving. Its
resonance comes from the nature of this strife: jihad is the
holy war, the war of righteousness, the struggle against
tyranny. It is a passion indifferent to the fate of battle
because the jihadi wins either way: in the long run, the war
will be won; and in the short run, death will bring martyrdom
and paradise. Simultaneously, the strife is also to cleanse one’s
soul, for no martyrdom is possible without that inner purity.
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SHADE
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 Kashmir
Behind The Vale by MJ Akbar
Of Human, and Inhuman, Bondage:
The poet did not quibble:
Agar firdaus bar ru-e zamin ast
Hami ast o-hami ast o-hami ast.
If there is a Paradise on earth, he said after seeing Kashmir, it is this, it is this, it is this. One problem, however, with any Paradise is the envy it tends to arouse. Kashmir has been coveted by a succession of armies, at least from the time of the Aryans Many came to conquer, but only a few were able to stay: Kashmir absorbed those few who broke the forbidding defensive wall of the Himalayas. The rawaj of Kashmir, its culture, enveloped the outsider instead of the reverse. The Kashmiri identity was always the dominant reality, making the Emperor Jahangir remark that he could not distinguish a Kashmiri Muslim from a Hindu. But he could distinguish the Kashmiri from the Mughal.
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 Riot
After Riot by M J Akbar
Law and order have two enemies: the Full Truth and the Complete Lie.
When people realize the truth, they start revolutions. When they are
fed lies they begin meaningless riots. Lies are the staple of every
communal disturbance. They are spread by people who have a stake in
this stupid violence, who have something to gain out of impoverished
Hindus and Muslims fighting each other. Businessmen, traders,
politicians, goondas, leaders of ‘cultural organizations’(like the
Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh —RSS) feed the people with lies,
watch these lies become convictions in people’s hearts, watch the
passions build up, and then these leaders actually set up the events
which will provoke a conflagration.
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RIOT
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Nehru : The
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 Nehru
: The Making of India by M J Akbar
Nehrus are believed to have migrated, Noar, or Naru, in Badgam
district and the other near the small town of Tral. Another
claim says that the family came from the Rainwari area on the
outskirts of Srinagar. (A famous family, as is well known,
suddenly gets many ancestors.)
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 India:
The Siege Within by M J Akbar
Traces the history of India since the Partition in 1947, and
analyzes the current political situation and India's future :
Amazon.com Synopsis
India: The Siege Within is the account of achievements of
India’s secular democracy as well as its vulnerability and
failures. I've elaborated the origins and nature of the strains
on Indian unity which have deep roots in history.
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 Byline
by M J Akbar
A collection of Bylines
"Journalism
is the only profession that permits you to travel
without making you a travelling salesman. You become, in
a way, a travelling purchaser...Words are the currency
of this transaction: You buy images with words, and then
you pass them with words as well" - M.J. Akbar
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Blood Brothers by M J Akbar
(Last Published 2006)
Blood Brothers
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Prayaag
My grandfather died while I was playing on his chest, that was
my first stroke of luck. My elder aunt, dark, wise, hunched
against her corner of the courtyard, promptly declared that his
soul, seething with miracles, had passed into me.
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CURRENT BYLINE :
Have you ever heard a cake crumble?
by M J Akbar
COVERT (1st-15th JULY 2008)
In the second
last week of June, after nearly fifty months of office, Congress Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh offered Congress President Sonia Gandhi one of
two options. She could either support the Singh-George Bush nuclear
partnership and shoot herself in the Left foot, or she could abandon
the Marxists who had carried the government on their uneven shoulders
and shoot herself in the Right foot.
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2008-07-01)-
War and
Consequences
By M.J. Akbar
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June 29, 2008
 George
Bush went to war in Iraq in order to create a new Middle East. Six
years later, much to the shock of his allies and the horror of
perceptive Americans, he has. The shock and horror arise from the fact
that the Middle East has been changed by the Bush intervention in a
direction sharply divergent from America’s fundamental interests as
perceived by the Bush doctrine.
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2008-06-29)-
FREE SPEECH
Raw Deal
By Seema Mustafa
Published July 4, 2008 (Free Press
Journal)
It is interesting to see how the
Congress and the Samajwadi top brass, after shaking hands in the most
opportunist of alliances, are seeking to justify this to the people of
India. The arguments have been heard any number of times in the past,
as adversaries in the ring choose to become bedfellows. We are acting
in the national interest is and has been the main theme of the
principal players, and it is thus no surprise to hear Messrs Amar
Singh and Veerappa Moily speaking the exact same words today.
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Croissants & Crescents:
(In Times of India)
Are economic reforms the solution to
communal riots?
By M J Akbar
Are economic reforms the solution to the Great Indian Curse,
Hindu-Muslim riots? Economic reforms began in 1991. Between 1991 and
2008 there have been only two major outbursts of Hindu-Muslimconflagration,
both connected to old wounds, in 1992-93 after the Babri episode and
then six years ago in Gujarat.
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The vulture is waiting for the child
to die so it can eat it. This picture shocked the whole world. No one
knows what happened to the child, not even the photographer Kevin
Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. Three
months later he committed suicide due to depression.
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would rather arm you with the knowledge, for that is the ultimate
weapon of the citizen. Power tries to hide or shade the facts, we
hope to tease the truth out of the wrinkles of secrecy and restore
the breath of life to News
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Khan is a castle in his stable
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Investigation
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Interview of Jyoti Basu M J Akbar
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Interview
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How
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An Alternative Voice Is Not a Hostile
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Muslims only in India have enjoyed
60 years of
democracy
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The Axis of
Equals and the Arc of Turbulence: Looming Changes in the Security
Relationship Between the U.S. and the Muslim World - Brookings Doha
16-18 Feb 2008
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M J Akbar's 'How
Pakistan insulates India from Terror' was interesting. Dr.
Ambedkar's view that India would be better off divided has come true.
Had it not been the case, I doubt we would have been a democracy and
not like the present day Pakistan.....
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