http://www.ednafernandes.com Britain, India, religion, politics, foreign affairs Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:18:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ednafernandes.com/2008/10/15/articles-on-blair%e2%80%99s-new-mission-plus-the-taliban%e2%80%99s-birthplace/ http://www.ednafernandes.com/2008/10/15/articles-on-blair%e2%80%99s-new-mission-plus-the-taliban%e2%80%99s-birthplace/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:31:43 +0000 admin http://stage.storynory.net/?p=144 Edna Fernandes’ article “Faith Healers” explores Blair’s effort to champion global interfaith dialogue.  Also see my article “Allah’s Ambassadors“, giving unique insight into the Darul Uloom madrassa, spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.

]]> http://www.ednafernandes.com/2008/10/15/articles-on-blair%e2%80%99s-new-mission-plus-the-taliban%e2%80%99s-birthplace/feed/ 0 http://www.ednafernandes.com/2008/10/03/naseem-khan-guardian/ http://www.ednafernandes.com/2008/10/03/naseem-khan-guardian/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:42:34 +0000 edna http://edna.dev/?p=98 ‘What a cast of characters make their way through this sharp-witted and straight-talking book: the fatuous and the venal, the self-important and the deluded, the exploitative and the corrupt. Edna Fernandes has undertaken to track down figures who epitomise the most depressing facet of Indian life – its holy warriors – as well as some of their victims. Her odyssey takes her far and wide – from Nagaland and Kashmir in the north down via Punjab and on to Goa… The reportage is even-handed and responsible and even delightfully witty. Fernandes’ asides are precise and wicked. Above all, she offers a valuable reminder of the dark side of the economic miracle that is modern India.’ Read the review at the Guardian

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