From SAJAforum, the newsy SAJA blog - new South Asian stuff daily:
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See items below and post your thoughts at
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/09/911-anniversary.html (posted several hours
ago).
For several years now, beautiful, clear fall mornings in New York City
remind me of that beautiful clear fall morning on 2001 when the world
changed. And, wouldn't you know it, it's another beautiful day here.
Some thoughts on the seventh anniversary.
* As I write this, I am listening to radio coverage of the
memorial service for the victims at Ground Zero (the reporter on WNYC
is SAJAforum's own editor, Arun Venugopal.
* The lead story in today's New York Times is about how President
Bush is reported to have secretly given approval for raids into
Pakistan without that country's approval:
>>>
President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the
first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out
ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the
Pakistani government, according to senior American officials.
The classified orders signal a watershed for the Bush
administration after nearly seven years of trying to work with
Pakistan to combat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and after months of
high-level stalemate about how to challenge the militants'
increasingly secure base in Pakistan's tribal areas.
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* The National Coalition of South Asian Organizations sent out an
e-mail this morning. It begins:
>>>
Today, members of the National Coalition of South Asian
Organizations (NCSO) join the country in marking the seventh
anniversary of the tragedies of September 11th, 2001. We solemnly
remember and honor those who lost their lives or loved ones on that
day.
Like everyone in America, South Asians in the United States
were deeply affected by the events on and after September 11th. From
the days and months after the tragedy to now, our organizations have
addressed a range of issues in our communities related to the
post-September 11th environment - from helping individuals who lost
family members or their livelihoods to advocating on behalf of those
who continue to face discrimination, hate crimes, profiling, and
arbitrary detentions and interrogations.
[SEE FULL MESSAGE at
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/09/911-anniversary.html]
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* The only NYC-based South Asian organization working closely with
victims' families almost from day one has been the South Asian Council
for Social Services (SACSS), and its executive director, Sudha Acharya
- sacharya [at] netzero.net. Because there have been so many requests
for contacts, they may not be able to help you. Abu Taher, editor of
Bangla Patrika Weekly, is in touch with a couple of Bangladesh victim
families and is reachable at abutaher6[at]aol.com.
* All the conspiracy stories around 9/11 reminded me that a South
Asian is at the heart of debunking one of the biggest myths - that
explosives brought down one of the neighboring buildings near the
World Trade Center. From the NYT on August 22:
>>>
S. Shyam Sunder, the lead investigator from the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, based here in the suburbs of
Washington, also rejected that theory on Thursday, even as he
acknowledged that the collapse had been something of a puzzle.
"Our take-home message today is the reason for the collapse
of World Trade Center 7 is no longer a mystery," Dr. Sunder said at a
news conference at the institute's headquarters. "It did not collapse
from explosives or fuel oil fires."
The institute's findings were released on Thursday as part
of a 915-page report resulting from the work of more than 50 federal
investigators and a dozen contractors over three years.
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* Here's the start of the in-depth post we did in 2006, for the
sixth anniversary of 9/11. Take a look:
9/11 ANNIVERSARY: South Asian Victims of the Attacks
It's Sept. 11, 2007, six years since the 9/11 attacks and I spent
part of this morning with the TV on, watching the memorial service at
Ground Zero. Among the first names read out loud at the service by
former first-responders were "Alok Agarwal" and "Mukul Agarwala," two
of the South Asians to be killed at the World Trade Center. We have
estimated that several dozen South Asians were killed at the WTC
(none, we believe, died at the Pentagon or in the field in
Pennsylvania). We have collected online profiles of 54 of these
victims, including Alok and Mukul (link below) and are looking to add
more: saja[at]columbia.edu - or use the comments section below.
Here are several items from the SAJA archives and beyond that you
might want to check out.
1. A message I sent to the SAJA lists on 9/11/2001 at 1:21 p.m.
New York time (see below).
2. A Sept. 13, 2001, message from then SAJA President Jyoti
Thottam, now at a senior editor at Time (see below).
3. SAJA's roundup of articles, resources and more about the
attacks (it has not been updated in four years, so many of the links
are no longer working, but it still makes for fascinating reading).
Links to more than 150 news stories, first-person reports, op-ed
pieces and much, much more.
4. SAJA's links and profiles more about victims of the 9/11
attacks (includes 54 profiles of those who were killed at WTC as well
as the handful who were killed in hate crimes).
5. Statistics, by place of birth of those killed.
[REST OF THE POST at
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/09/911-anniversary.html]
* Listen to a 2006 SAJAforum audio interview with Newsweek's
Fareed Zakaria about the five-year anniversary and read some of his
9/11-related pieces.
Links to the items above at
http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/09/911-anniversary.html
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