Comments on: Suketu "Maximum City" Mehta on the Mumbai attacks http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 06:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dimmer http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342290 dimmer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342290 <i>I guess by "another point of view" you're not suggesting that exiledonline's and Mehta's opinions and interpretations have anything to do with each other?</i> It was just a quick turn of phrase I decided to use to introduce the piece, and of course to make clear that this isn't my personal point of view. I guess by “another point of view” you’re not suggesting that exiledonline’s and Mehta’s opinions and interpretations have anything to do with each other?

It was just a quick turn of phrase I decided to use to introduce the piece, and of course to make clear that this isn’t my personal point of view.

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342090 Adam Stanhope Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342090 Vijay Salaskar, the "encounter specialist" policeman that was such an important part of Mehta's Maximum City was killed in the attacks, apparently at the Metro Cinema. Vijay Salaskar, the “encounter specialist” policeman that was such an important part of Mehta’s Maximum City was killed in the attacks, apparently at the Metro Cinema.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342609 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342609 I would be REAL careful about pushing Maximum City. It's nearly sensationalism. I wouldn't say it provides a well-rounded view of India. A book like this could easily be written about any nation--including this one. I would be REAL careful about pushing Maximum City. It’s nearly sensationalism. I wouldn’t say it provides a well-rounded view of India. A book like this could easily be written about any nation–including this one.

]]> By: velocity girl http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342148 velocity girl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342148 Imagine if that had been the US response to 9/11... Fingers crossed that love prevails in India and the US keeps their hate/war-mongering hands to themselves. Imagine if that had been the US response to 9/11…

Fingers crossed that love prevails in India and the US keeps their hate/war-mongering hands to themselves.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-365709 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365709 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistani_textbooks_build_hate_culture_against_India/articleshow/3898659.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistani_textbooks_build_hate_culture_against_India/articleshow/3898659.cms

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342166 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342166 http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/southasia.asp http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/southasia.asp

]]> By: dimmer http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-341971 dimmer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-341971 Another point of view... http://exiledonline.com/mumbai-exporting-pakistans-resources/ Another point of view…

http://exiledonline.com/mumbai-exporting-pakistans-resources/

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342232 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342232 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090546/I-told-kill-breath-Captured-terrorists-account-Mumbai-massacre-reveals-plan-kill-5-000.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090546/I-told-kill-breath-Captured-terrorists-account-Mumbai-massacre-reveals-plan-kill-5-000.html

]]> By: MB http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342238 MB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342238 Velocity Girl, as Mehta points out in his essay, the US hardly has a patent on hate mongering. ~ I really like Mehta's final exhortation - run towards the explosion. Velocity Girl, as Mehta points out in his essay, the US hardly has a patent on hate mongering.

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I really like Mehta’s final exhortation – run towards the explosion.

]]> By: elNico http://boingboing.net/2008/11/30/suketu-maximum-city.html#comment-342009 elNico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-342009 Ironically this whole incident has made me more keen than ever to travel to Mumbai - it really sounds like an amazing place. That "war nerd" blog is a good read, too, Dimmer. I guess by "another point of view" you're not suggesting that exiledonline's and Mehta's opinions and interpretations have anything to do with each other? Ironically this whole incident has made me more keen than ever to travel to Mumbai – it really sounds like an amazing place.

That “war nerd” blog is a good read, too, Dimmer.

I guess by “another point of view” you’re not suggesting that exiledonline’s and Mehta’s opinions and interpretations have anything to do with each other?

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