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

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear Kshmendra,

Thank you for your comment.

Could you please elucidate on the following, for I am not clear on some
issues?

1. Do you really think that in India all floods and famines and hunger death
are nature or god made?

If you think so, then could you please provide the necessary evidence for
this assertion.

2. Could you kindly explain as what is exactly wrong in emphasizing towards
a particular word? I believe that terror as a word is important and this
word Sir! encapsulates certain meanings, I feel quite confused when these
meanings are extrapolated and imposed when certain events happen and not
when similar events happen.

Warm regards

Taha

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> 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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