Author: Amrita Kumar
Editor: Amrita Kumar and Prashun Bhaumik
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 154
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188405000
Description
The genocide and the economic pogrom of Gujarat was not without a context. The popularity of the BJP led government had plummeted everywhere. Uttar Pradesh, uttaranchal, Manipur, Punjab, two assembly segments in the BJP's stronghold, Gujarat, had all given saffron nationalism a drubbing in the state elections. The election results were announced on February 26. On February 27, first Godhra, then the rest of Gujarat were ablaze.
To what extent did the war against terrorism, after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, contribute towards the targeting of Muslims? Who was responsible for the Godhra outrage? Was Gujarat custom-made for Pakistani propaganda that Indian secularism was dead.
This collection of articles by leading writers and journalists, sheds light on the carnage which far exceed anything India ever witnessed before.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Saeed Naqvi
PART I
A TALE OF TWO HINDUS
Siddharth Varadarajan
KILLING THY NEIGHBOUR
Anthony Spath
I'LL NEVER BE YOUNG AGAIN
Priyanka Kakodkar
A CHILLING MESSAGE
Brook Larmer
THE INVISIBLE WOMEN
Barkha Dutt
AT GROUND ZERO IN GODHRA
Saeed Naqvi
THE DAY AFTER
Dom Moraes
DESPAIR AT THE CAMPS
Anjolie Ela Menon
PART II
UNDERSTANDING GUJARAT
Rajmohan Gandhi
KNEE-JERK SECULARISM
Veer Sanghvi
THE COLLUSION OF THE STATE
Rajdeep Sardesai
WHO ARE THE GUILTY?
Dipankar Gupta and Romila Thapar
PASSING THE BUCK
Harsh Mander
PART III
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Rahul Bajaj
THE SIZE DOESN'T FIT
Kuldip Nayar
MODI-FIED HISTORY
Saeed Naqvi
THE UNDOING OF INDIA
Shekhar Gupta
CAUGHT IN A PITYING GAZE
Saeed Naqvi
THE NEW MACHISMO
Praful Bidwai
IN THE REIGN OF THE HEADLESS HORSE
Amitav Ghosh
LIES, LIES, AND A GRIEF
Saba Naqvi Bhaumik