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Gujarat-Riots

Firaaq – A Brave New Effort

by Inam Abidi Amrohvi

A review of the Hindi movie Firaaq by Nandita Das

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US State Department Confirms Modi Will Not Be Given Visa

by Guest Post

Taking note of his role in the 2002 Gujarat violence, Narendra Modi has been denied a visa by the US State Department – again.

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Relief For Gujarat Riot Victims, Justice Still Eludes

by Mohib Ahmad

Compensation package from the Indian government is not justice, just relief.

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Stop Hate – A Short Film On Communal Violence In India

by Guest Post

Produced By Zabeeh Afaque and Mir Basit Hussain for ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony And Democracy)

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Babu Bajrangi: Face Of Hindutva

by Kashif

Tehelka did it again, this time exposing lies told by the Hindutva brigade about genocide in Gujarat. Listen from Babu Bajrangi himself caught by Tehelka’s spycam.
NARENDRA MODI visited Godhra on the day of the burning of coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express. His outburst provided the first sign to Sangh workers that the time to [...]

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A Trip to Gujarat

by Yoginder Sikand

‘Modi Sahib has wrought a revolution in Gujarat’ announced the glum-looking corpulent businessman sitting on the berth next to mine on the train to Ahmedabad recently. He proudly introduced himself as a Nagar Brahmin, even though I did not ask him his caste. ‘We now have regular electricity for our industries, new superhighways and massive [...]

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Shall We Forgive The Killers?

by Salman

Judge Kode is now a household name. He rose to stardom after his verdict implicating and prosecuting the perpetrators of Bombay 1992 bomb blasts. I, as a Muslim, don’t have a soft corner for the Muslims who have been awarded sentences by the Kode. I wonder if I should have any, simply because the verdict has been [...]

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In the land of Hindutva

by Kashif

Only thing Hindutva shares with Hinduism is a part of the name. Other than that Hindutva as an ideology is a fascist idea implanted in India.
According to Former Columbia University Professor Robert O. Paxton:
“Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victim-hood and by [...]

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The day that shouldn’t have been

by Sharique

I have compiled a series of article on my blog. This is the third part of it. Part I, Part II and Part IV 
As far as I can remember the news about the Godhra incident starting flashing in the morning of February 27th. It was a period when the news channels were slowly coming up. Aaj Tak was growing [...]

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Open Thread: Gujarat Violence, Five Years Later

by Mohib Ahmad

The fifth anniversary of the tragedy of Gujarat is upon us. In these days of TRP-driven news coverage where any issue is relevant till the next breaking news, five years seem an eternity. IM Blog is solemnly commemorating those sad turn of events with the hope that it will help initiate a dialog among fellow [...]

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