Whether or not you can read the language, the illuminations in The Murthly Hours are worth perusing. [via wood s lot]
The Most Dangerous Place in the World: Salman Rushdie on the current Kashmir crisis.
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjà vu replay of the last one. Three years ago a weak Indian coalition government led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party had just lost a confidence vote in India's Parliament and was nervously awaiting a general election. At once it began to beat the war drums over Kashmir. Now another coalition government, still led by the B.J.P. and deeply tainted by B.J.P. supporters' involvement in the massacre of hundreds of Muslims in Gujarat State, may be about to lose another general election. So here goes the government again, talking up a Kashmiri war and asking India to stand firm behind its leadership.
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Isn't it cute when reporters read too many bad hitech thrillers? [via Bifurcated Rivets]
The shuttle launch has been delayed until Wednesday due one of the Orbital Maneuvering System's pressure regulators which failed during Thursday's countdown.
