Police forced Muslims to leave homes after Muzaffarnagar riots: Independent report
An inquiry into the communal riots that took place in Muzaffarnagar in September 2013 was conducted by a team of independent academics and a...
The Sexual Politics of Modi, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar
The systematic use of gang-rape as a weapon occurred in the Surat riots after the Babri Masjid demolition, and an ugly innovation was the...
Sangh Parivar and Communal Riots
By Irfan Engineer
(Part 1)
(Secular Perspective October 16-31, 2013)
In an attempt to hide their culpability in communal riots, the BJP often argues that more communal...
MUZAFFARNAGAR – A CASE OF ’INSTITUTIONALISED RIOT SYSTEMS’
Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
(Presented at a seminar organized by Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on “Reportage of Sensitive Issues like Muzzaffarnagar Riots, Caste Conflicts and...
Pavan K. Varma : When art masks politics – Sardar Patel, Modi and the...
By Dilip, Pavan K. Varma
When art masks politics
Narendra Modi is a good orator, and his first public speech, after being declared BJP’s Prime Ministerial...
Evil Stalks The Land
This story first appeared on sanhati.com
Muzaffarnagar: Tales of death and despair in India’s riot-hit town
Nearly 50 people died in the Hindu-Muslim clashes which erupted on 7 September in India's town of Muzaffarnagar. The riots have been described as...
Hindutva’s chronic hate speech | Jyoti Punvani
Hindutva’s chronic hate speech
Inflammatory speeches are made and content published but no action is taken. Is there nothing we as journalists can do about...
Fear stalks displaced Muslims after Muzaffarnagar riots
BASSI KALA RELIEF CAMP, MUZAFFARNAGAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the crowd of Hindu men came brandishing guns, swords and machetes, shouting that Muslims...
Muzaffarnagar 2013: Violence by Political Design | Report of an independent fact finding group
Muzaffarnagar 2013: Violence by Political Design
17.09.2013
This fact-finding exercise was coordinated by the Centre for Policy Analysis. Team members were the human rights activist and...
Muzaffarnagar riots: politicians banned over fears of spreading violence
Politicians have been banned from entering a district in the north of India after political parties were blamed for fomenting a wave of sectarian...
Who Killed Narendra Dabholkar?
By Ram Puniyani
The brutal killing of Dr. Narendra Dabholkar (20th August 2013) is a big jolt to the social movement against blind faith and...
Reason under attack
By Jawed Naqvi
The regressive tendencies have been honed and shepherded to align with the country’s already warped sense of nationalism. Together they threaten to...
