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Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom
of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute
http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical
references, some photographs and documents)
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A foreign journalist takes a close look at Gujarat and its charismatic and
schizophrenic Governor, Narendra Modi, who is turning it into an economic
powerhouse, and a reputation for HIndu supremacism.
This article is a must-read for those trying to understand some of what is
going on in India, the seeming retreat from Gandhian philosophy in some areas,
and the question of why the other Indian states cannot replicate the success of
Gujarat's capitalistic, "less government is good government" approach to
economic development.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200904/india-modi
Excerpt:
Meet Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat and the brightest star in the
Hindu-chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party. Under Modi, Gujarat has become an
economic dynamo. But he also presided over India’s worst communal riots in
decades, a 2002 slaughter that left almost 2,000 Muslims dead. Exploiting the
insecurities and tensions stoked by India’s opening to the world, Modi has
turned his state into a stronghold of Hindu extremism, shredding Gandhi’s
vision of secular coexistence in the process. One day, he could be governing
the world’s largest democracy.
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