Suketu Mehta, author of the magnificent Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, has a moving Op-Ed in the NYT about the Mumbai tragedies. Anna at Sepia Mutiny does a close reading of the text. Both are worth your time.
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This post reminds me why I try really hard not to cuss. When you devalue words, somebody has to come up with something shocking to replace those words that are lost.
Republican Quotes
I would vote for this Republican: I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head. No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
Passports
They are needed to fly. I don’t discount the whole plot, but there is something not right with the announcement happening a day after Lieberman (Republican in Democrat’s clothing – Connecticut) losing the primary. Here’s a piece on the chemistry involved. Technorati Tags: London, terrorism