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A blog from an angry Indian India is no stranger to terrorism . When I was born , Kolkata was in the grip of Naxalite terror. When I was a teenager , Khalistani groups terrorized us. When I was in university , the LTTE assansinated Rajiv Gandhi. Over the last two decades, we have been constantly at the brunt of various Islamist groups, both home-grown and foreign . However, the attacks in Mumbai suggest a totally different level of threat to national security . First , the terrorists seem to be able to strike simultaneously and with impunity at some of our most iconic social institutions – the Taj hotel, CST station and so on. Second , the terrorists clearly knew what they were doing and who they were targeting. This is no bomb-and-run job. They knew their way around and inside the two hotels, they knew where to find the Jewish rabbi, they knew about tourist-friendly Café Leopold and possibly they deliberately killed the head of Mumbai's anti-terror unit. Third, and most i...

(December 02, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) While stock-taking has only just begun, it already appears as if some things are being covered up . In these circumstances, the retention of Narayanan who was invisible during the entire crisis though he was too visible in the hated Indo-US nuclear deal does nothing to inspire confidence . In an atmosphere when media hype persistently reminds us of the Twin Towers tragedy in New York , one can only think of the success of Prince Bandar in escorting all well-connected Saudi youth out of America in the immediate aftermath of 11 September 2001. Some things deserve an immediate answer – How many terrorists were there actually; How did they reach their respective destinations inland; Is it possible that "super-terrorists" simply walked out with the real survivors after having utilised the "mercenaries" to the hilt, just as they had murdered the navigators of the boats that brought them to Mumbai? Current media reports a...