Akbar & Arundhati say it better

A goldmine of analysis:

www.outlookindia.com/archivecontents.asp?fnt=20050822

Some worthwhile reading from Indian and non-Indian heavyweights.
I've yet to read them all thoroughly - but they're definitely good cherries. Gotta pick 'em before they dry out.

But I highlight two of them - Arundhati Roy and Akbar S. Ahmed's articles. Why?

Arundhati Roy is a writer-activist, who won the Booker Prize in the late 1990s for her first novel, "The God of Small Things." She then made her mark in writing political essays, which were published by Outlook and Frontline magazines on various issues - from India's Nuclear Tests, to the disposession of the poor in dam-building projects, to globalization, Afghanistan and Iraq. I have yet to see a more evocative, fierce and passionate pen than hers.

The Arundhati feature in the above URL, is an in-depth interview. Don't miss it.

Prof. Akbar S. Ahmed is a Muslim thinker/sociologist, who's written books such as "Discovering Islam" and "Postmodernism and Islam". He does have some genuine insights. He holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University, Washington DC.

Preface to his article:

Letting Go Of The Past
What is it about our historical icons that it becomes incumbent to deify or vilify them? Why not accept them for what they are, reclaim a common heritage?

Okay, enough of accolades. Read, in the name of your Lord. You just might learn something.