Book Release by Nandita Das

Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Terrorism Explained: A Graphic account by Ram Puniyani, Shard Sharma

Mumbai:19th August 2013:The book release was done by Nandita Das and Sharad Sharma outlined the content of the book. It is comic presentation of the theme of terrorism in current times. The Al Qaeda was formed by USA to control the oil wells in West Asia. They propped up Al Qaeda by using Salafi Version of Islam, in the specially set up Madrassa in Pakistan, with the help of US money funneled by CAI through ISI. The young Muslim boys were indoctrinated by distorting the meaning of words Jihad and Kafir. After the Al Qaeda helped defeat Russian army these elements of Al Qaeda become very destructive in Pakistan and India.  Similarly Hindutva groups, led by Swami Aseemanand organized many acts of terror, In Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad, Malegaon, Ajmer. Both the words Islamic terrorism and Hindu Terrorism are wrong. 

Irfan Engineer pointed out that The word Islamic terrorism has been misused to arrest innocent Muslim youth. We need to look at social phenomenon. social values to dispel the myths. Actor Nandita Das, appreciated the effort with hope that comics will act a good method of propagation of the truth, it will go a long way to help dispel the wrong notions about the social common sense.


Dr. Rama Shyam moderated the program and hoped that this effort will go a long way to bring in peace in the society. Mahesh Mishra of Arth Prakashan proposed the vote of thanks.