Mumbai Attacks Politicize Long-Isolated Elite

New York Times by Somini Sengupta | Dec. 7, 2008 (News Report)

Last Wednesday, an extraordinary public interest lawsuit was filed in this city’s highest court. It charged that the government had lagged in its constitutional duty to protect its citizens’ right to life, and it pressed the state to modernize and upgrade its security forces.

The lawsuit was striking mainly for the people behind it: investment bankers, corporate lawyers and representatives of some of India’s largest companies, which have ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Dec 7, 2008 - 12:23 AM PST
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Kristin Gorski (review), David Cohn (review)
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 9, 2008

This was a fascinating, educational read that expounds about both the class divide and the faulty nature of Indian government, through the lens of a flowering of civic activism on the part of elites.

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Kristin Gorski
3.9
 by Kristin Gorski - Dec. 8, 2008

The reporter weaves a tapestry out of describing many recently politicized groups; the article's vulnerable tone parallels the uncertainty India's long-protected upper middle classes are now experiencing after the Mumbai attacks. Very thorough sourcing, with outbound links to a variety of primary-sources Web sites. A complex portrait, done well despite the shortness of the article.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Dec. 7, 2008
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