Tagged: Riots

What’s going on in Manipur?

A dive into one of the worst outbreaks of violence in India in the last couple of decades I refrained from commenting on the situation in Manipur for the last several weeks for a...

Quote of the week – On Apologies & such

PM Manmohan Singh quoted in The Pioneer*: The riots (of 1984) were painful, but cannot be kept alive for ever…   Some questions that come to mind: How long does it take to forget...

Does anyone remember 59 people on a train in Godhra?

As the Supreme Court�asked the Narendra Modi government to set up a Special Investigiation Team to probe the major Godhra riot cases, I came across this article, “A Requiem for Godhra“�by�U. Narayana Das. Below...

Of Godhra and Gujarat – Part II

A few days ago I came across this piece by Kishore Asthana which makes a number of important points that form the backdrop to Godhra. I am reproducing some excerpts below but I would...

Of Godhra and Gujarat

*** CAUTION: Long Post *** This post comprises two separate articles from Shri Arvind Lavakare which I am reproducing in full below. They are from 2004 and 2006 respectively and offer food for thought,...