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...postwar glory. Mohinder Kumar Jain New Delhi The pictures in your special report on the tsunami said it all. What a colossal tragedy! The eastern coastline of India, long admired for its scenic beauty, is now feared for the ocean's potential fury. We are reminded of what Hindus call Pralaya-an overwhelming destruction and natural catastrophe. The only consolation, if you can call it that, is that another tsunami of similar magnitude is unlikely to occur in our lifetime. Kizhanatham R. Srivarahan Chennai, India Rapid Reaction Required I was appalled by President Bush's slow response to the tsunami...
...1990s helped jump-start the country's economy; in New Delhi. Following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, Rao abandoned a planned retirement to lead the government, and over the next five years guided the nation through a grave economic crisis and a bitter battle between Hindus and Muslims over a mosque in central India. Rao ultimately fell victim to political infighting and accusations of corruption by members of the opposition, for which he was recently acquitted. After the Congress Party lost a general election in 1996, he published an autobiographical novel about Indian politics, The Insider...
...look at fire. That zeal and that enthusiasm, it's mesmerizing." In Japan, which he was one of the first Westerners ever to visit, Xavier's amiable manner and learned discourse is credited with helping open up the nation to outsiders. In India, he is revered by Christians, Hindus and Muslims alike as Goencho Sahib, a healer of the sick, a bringer of good fortune and?his legend taking a more modern twist?one who can bless new cars and trucks. In Malaysia, where he was known for a miraculous ability to call out the names of babies...
...reaction, the Nepali capital erupted in the worst violence in memory as Hindus took revenge on the country's million-strong Muslim minority. Mobs stormed and set fire to mosques, including Nepal's biggest, the Jama Masjid, burned the Koran in the street and built barricades of burning tires. Rioters ransacked Muslim businesses, tried to storm the Egyptian embassy and torched the offices of airlines of four Muslim countries. Shops, offices and schools shut down, and the government imposed a curfew in the capital and two other cities. When police opened fire on a Kathmandu mob, two people died...
...Communal violence is not something that anyone in the region can take lightly. The modern shape of the subcontinent was formed by Muslim-Hindu hatred. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh were born amid communal slaughter. More recently, Indian Hindus have carried out two large-scale anti-Muslim rampages, and Muslim militants reacted violently both times. The Nepalese government sees the danger...