[Reader-list] "Amaresh Mishra’s web of lies" - the Teesta Setalvad letter

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear All,

I would also caution everyone about the contents of Amaresh Mishra's  
communiques with the world. The Headley angle is disturbing, no  
doubt, but Mishra does us all a disservice by cooking the wildest of  
conspiracy theories. Especially those who do not buy the standard  
line on these matters should be careful not to tarnish their own  
arguments with wild, and unfounded speculation

best

Shuddha

On 04-Apr-10, at 4:53 PM, Kshmendra Kaul wrote:

> Javed Masoo posted the article by Amaresh Misra "Headley Saga:  
> Mumbai attack was a joint IB-CIA-Mossad-RSS project"
>
> Amaresh Misra is well known for his conspiracy theories and only  
> when someone is intent on suggesting some credibility to his  
> lunacies, a bio-bit about his being a "famed"/"eminent" historian  
> is inserted.
>
> A variation on the Amaresh Misra conpiracy theory on the Mumbai  
> Attack suggests that it is actually the nexus of CIA-Mossad-RSS  
> that controls/finances/directs the terror-agenda of IB/RAW (of  
> India) and ISI (of Pakistan). Yes ISI of Pakistan included.
>
> In the Dec 2008 letter of Teesta Setalvad, she had this to say  
> about Amaresh Misra:
> http://communalism.blogspot.com/2008/12/amaresh-mishras-web-of- 
> lies.html
>
> - .... MR AMARESH MISHRA, a dangerous individual .....
>
> - ...... the conspiracy theories spouted by Mr Mishra in print and  
> on the internet that are not just too incerdible but have also,  
> surprisingly escaped the wrath of the sangh parivar.
>
>
> "Communalism Watch" also offers weblink for the article "Amaresh  
> Mishra -a case of intellectual rottenness" posted by one "gurmeet"
>
> That article has this to offer about Amaresh Misra:
> http://libertynewscentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/amaresh-mishra-case- 
> of-intellectual.html
>
> - I did not know very much about Amaresh Mishra but that he had  
> written a book that appeared to be of dubious merit and dodgy  
> scholarship.
>
> - Now it seems that that dodginess runs deep indeed -deep into the  
> dark recesses of conspiracy theories. He suffers from the same  
> strain of kookiness that Union Minority Affairs Minister A R  
> Antulay does.
>
> - He belongs to that overflowing breed of intellectual/media/pundit/ 
> academic class that sees Mossad and CIA (or America and Israel) as  
> the fountainhead of most evil in the world.Kookiness is not an  
> aberration in this circle but a feature.
>
> - Aren't we told that Amaresh Mishra is a renowned historian? I am  
> glad we were enlightened or we might have come to the conclusion  
> that he is a conspiracy mongering lout.
>
>
> Kshmendra
>
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
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