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Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. He has written books including Blood Brothers, Nehru: The Making of India, Kashmir: Behind the Vale, Riot After Riot, The Shade of Swords, and India: The Siege Within. Close.

M.J. Akbar

India

Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. more »

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July 6, 2006 4:50 PM

Climbing Up Snakes and Ladders

New Delhi, India -- The problem before our - brave? foolish? foolhardy? - mediator is the impasse: one man's terrorist is another man's Prime Minister.

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July 17, 2006 12:00 PM

G8: Fight Terror with Butter

New Delhi, India -- The G8 must resolve to create a fund for education and jobs in those spots that have become septic through neglect, brutality, injustice or indifference.

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July 19, 2006 10:59 AM

Peace Should Not Be Left to Peacekeepers

New Delhi, India -- A peacekeeping force is a good idea that often has given the United Nations a bad name. There is a U.N. force in Lebanon right now -- the U.N. Interim Force -- but where and this force is engaged is anyone's
guess.

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July 25, 2006 8:00 AM

Look Beyond Failed Formulas

New Delhi, India - My first suggestion is do not travel without a destination. At the moment, the U.S. Secretary of State's journeys are more in the spirit of Marco Polo or Ibn Batuta: We shall find what we can when we reach.

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