November , 2008
Trouble at Om
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Hindu rage is the newest threat to civil society. Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is a woman representing "Hinduism". Yet she is accused of killing innocents in bomb blasts at Malegaon in September. On tape, she utters the chilling words, "Why did more people not die?". The alleged mastermind of the Malegaon blasts is a serving army officer Lt. Colonel Shrikant Purohit. The Bhonsla Military Academy in Nashik, it is claimed, trained as many as 54 men in military and bomb making technology in 2001.The Malegaon blast investigation is yielding astounding results: there have been 9 arrests so far from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. The network is extensive, well funded, welded by sheer hatred. Hindu samitis and sanghs are proliferating. Their membership is made up mostly of young men. These young men feel constantly insulted, constantly outraged by plays, articles and minorities. Their method of protest....
More about Sagarika Ghose
Sagarika Ghose has been a journalist for 20 years, starting her career with The Times of India, then moving to become part of the start-up team of Outlook magazine, subsequently joining The Indian Express as Senior Editor. She was anchor of the flagship BBC World programme Question Time India before moving to CNN-IBN as prime time anchor and Deputy Editor. She is the anchor of the award-winning flagship debate programme Face The Nation on CNN-IBN. She is also a columnist for the Hindustan Times. She has won numerous awards including FICCI Media Achiever Award and Gr8-ITA Award for Excellence in Journalism. She is a graduate in History from St Stephen's College and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University where she gained an MA and M.Phil in History and International Relations. She is the author of two acclaimed novels The Gin Drinkers and Blind Faith, both published worldwide by HarperCollins Publishers.
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