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...Ajai Sahni, director of the South Asia Terrorism Portal, dismisses what he calls the "small, incremental" steps taken thus far. "There may be some symbolic movements to hold them up to the public for political impact. But that's it," he says. "We need manpower and technology and matériel on war footing. Normal bureaucratic practice will not work; we need to reinvent procedures. It can be done overnight ... if you are flexible and in action mode." Even after the Mumbai carnage, he claims, the requisite political will and sense of urgency remain lacking. "We have such an incoherent...
...people, there have been nine other blasts in major Indian cities, killing 300 more. Naxalites, the Maoist insurgents who have made claims on a wide patch of central India, have clashed repeatedly with police and paramilitary forces, killing at least 175 this year, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal. In Orissa, anti-Christian violence has claimed the lives of at least 50 people and turned thousands more into refugees. Officials and analysts are correct to call the Mumbai attack a threat to the idea of India as an open, secular, multifaith democracy. But it is hardly the only...
Harvard opened an education portal, which aims to use the University’s resources to provide educational opportunities for the Allston community, as part of this initial benefits package from earlier this year...
...likened the portal to a “sharing of our circulatory systems,” and said he envisions future lecture series from prominent Harvard professors for the benefit of the portal’s approximately 300 adult affiliates...
...language and everything,” said an elderly Allston resident at the celebration. “I wish they had this then.” —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION APPENDED The Nov. 24 story, "Residents Celebrate Education Portal," misspelled the name of one of the students in the program and stated that the undergraduate mentors are volunteers when in fact they receive stipends...