[Reader-list] Is the singular Rhetoric of Terror flawed?

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Taha
 
Who would be the "Terrorist"? NATURE / GOD THE TERRORIST?
 
Dont you think that your philosophy of your semantics in this case is going out on a limb? Going to 'Hysterialand'.
 
Kshmendra

--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Taha Mehmood <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com> wrote:

From: Taha Mehmood <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] Is the singular Rhetoric of Terror flawed?
To: "reader-list at sarai.net" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:55 AM

Dear all,

I wonder why does the Indian media houses shy away from calling un
natural deaths of three thousand and five hundred Indians as 'TERROR'
too which is over five times as more as Palestinians butchered by
Israelis and over FIFTEEN times more than who were murdered in Bombay
recently.

Regards

Taha

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nearly-3-500-lives-lost-in-floods-in-2008-report/403253/

Nearly 3,500 lives lost in floods in 2008: Report

Agencies Posted: Dec 26, 2008 at 1645 hrs IST

New Delhi: Nearly 3,500 people have lost their lives in the country
this year due to floods which also damaged over 35.18 lakh hectares of
cultivable land have also been damaged due to floods in 21 states this
year.ver 35.18 lakh hectares of cultivable land have also been damaged
due to floods in 21 states this year.

ver 35.18 lakh hectares of cultivable land have also been damaged due
to floods in 21 states this year.
Related Stories:
New Delhi: Nearly 3,500 people have lost their lives in the country
this year due to floods which also damaged over 20 lakh houses and led
to the deaths of 45,000 cattle.

The state which saw highest number of deaths due to floods in 2008 was
Uttar Pradesh with 1,210 losing their lives. Bihar was second with 524
deaths, followed by West Bengal with 288, a Home Ministry report said.

Over 35.18 lakh hectares of cultivable land have also been damaged due
to floods in 21 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The states which were not affected due to floods this year are Jammu
and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

"In floods in various parts of the country, a total of 3402 people
were killed. 43,383 cattle were lost and 20,52, 763 houses were
damaged," a Home Ministry official said.

In terms of cultivable land affected due to floods, Tamil Nadu topped
the list with 5.97 lakh hectare being affected due to floods this
year.

It was followed by Uttar Pradesh with 4.98 lakh hectares and Orissa
with 4.45 lakh hectares.
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