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29. Apr 2010
The Path of Bliss
InFocus
By Stig Toft Madsen April 23, 2010 The Ananda Marga – the Path of Bliss – was founded in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar as a socio-spiritual organization. In 1959, Sarkar added the political wing, known as Proutist Universal, where PROUT stands for Progressive Utilization Theory. Sarkar was born a Bengali in Bihar in 1921. […]
Read more13. Jul 2009
Some thoughts about the background to the recent events in Urumchi from a sociolinguist’s point of view
China, InFocus, minorities, poverty, terrorism, Xinjiang
Joakim Enwall, Associate Professor
Chinese Language and Culture
Department of Linguistics and Philology
Uppsala University
10. Feb 2009
The End is Near, But Has it really Finished?
InFocus, terrorism
President Rajapakse expressed in his Independence Day address to the nation that his was confident that the days of the LTTE were numbered and very few indeed. Kehelia Rambukawella in an interview with Asian Tribute, the internet based paper, a few days ago that it was of no importance to the government of Sri Lanka whether the LTTE supremo Prabhakaran was dead or alive.
Read more6. Jan 2009
THE ATTACK ON MUMBAI By Stig Toft Madsen Lund University
India, InFocus, terrorism
The attack on Mumbai came after a series of terrorist acts in other Indian cities. Shortly after the attack, a hitherto unknown group, the Deccan Mujahidin, took the responsibility. Because the attack on Mumbai followed the attacks to which the similarly named Indian Mujahidin had owed responsibility, many commentators initially connected the two groups, […]
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