For the sheer picture of defiance, some Indian Muslims harbour a sneaking admiration for Osama. But they prefer not to express it—lest they be prey to a Hindutva backlash.
South of the War, in India, the Hindu Right is gleefully hoping that the crazy and unjustifiable attacks forgive their own acts of commission and will allow them a freehand to produce the world in their image.
If we have one shared turf of experience, it's Hindi cinema. And since all the radio ga-ga over Pataudi's swishing blade, cricket's been our unofficial adhesive