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M.J. Akbar

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Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. He has written books including Blood Brothers, Nehru: The Making of India, Kashmir: Behind the Vale, Riot After Riot, The Shade of Swords, and India: The Siege Within. Close.

M.J. Akbar

India

Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. more »

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June 14, 2007 9:55 AM

Yes, How Outrageous to Uncover Iraq Lies

Feral is such a lovely and unusual word: it was not included in the 1981 edition of the Oxford Universal Dictionary which sustains my need for a tame vocabulary. I turned for help to The Wordsworth Dictionary of the Underworld, just in case a term used for media might be lying there. I got "ferret" (to cheat a person) and "ferry" (a prostitute, Australian; she carries many passengers), but alas no "feral."

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