Biju Mathew and other excellent commentators on Mumbai attacks

Posted at Dec 1, '08 8:03 pm by ahmed

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/1/toll_from_deadly_coordinated_mumbai_attacks

Transcript and audio-visual link to Democracy Now!’s roundtable discussion on the attacks in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, that has left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds wounded. Indian officials claim that as few as 10 gunmen coordinated attacks that began late Wednesday night on multiple targets including a crowded railway station, two luxury hotels, a popular cafe, a Jewish center, a hospital, and a movie theater. India’s top domestic security official, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, resigned Sunday over his failure to contain the attacks. The State Chief Minister and his deputy have also offered to quit.

This roundtable features South Asian History professor Vijay Prashad, New York City-based activist and journalist Biju Mathew, veteran journalist and commentator Tariq Ali, and Teesta Setalvad, the award-winning activist and journalist from  Mumbai.

Biju Mathew will be at Alwan’s December 2, 2008 panel discussion.

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