Does India know what’s ahead?
'You're leading in a direction that ultimately can lead to a genocide,' says Harsh Mander in an interview.
#interview #LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #genocide #AntiMuslimViolence #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #nazis #fascism #history #IndianMuslims #dissent #PressFreedom #hindutva #india
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/2024/05/30/whats-unsaid-does-india-know-whats-ahead
‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India
For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways. Atul Dev writes.
#AmitShah #NarendraModi #BJP #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #HarenPandya #JudgeLoya #RSS #HumanRights #hindutva #india
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/amit-shah-narendra-modi-right-hand-man-india
The Prosecution & Persecution Of Harsh Mander: A Case Study of India's Accelerating Democratic Decline
How the prosecution of Harsh Mander, peace activist and former Indian official, reflects the decline recorded by global freedom surveys in India's democracy and its rule of law.
#HarshMander #activism #dissent #ED #CBI #BJP #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #communalism #NarendraModi #NGOs #RuleOfLaw #IndianMuslims #HumanRights ##hindutva #india
The Modi Generation: The Tamil repatriate voter who opposes the BJP because of the CAA and NRC
What do young Indians who voted for the first time in 2014 think of the past decade? Scroll reporters find out in The Modi Generation.
#TamilNadu #CAA #NRC #BJP #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #SriLanka #MalaiyahaTamils #citizenship #hindutva #india
NCERT drops some references to Babri demolition, Gujarat riots, Manipur
The change is being made to bring the initial questions in synchronisation with internal latest changes made in the chapter, says the NCERT.
#NCERT #NCERTtextbooks #BabriMasjidDemolition #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #kashmir #manipur #ManipurUnrest #IndianMuslims #education #HumanRights #hindutva #communalism #india
22 Years After Gujarat Riots, a Rape Victim Still Fears to Greet Men, a Woman Waits for Her Husband
'We were used to celebrating Holi, Diwali, and Eid together. After the riots, we were scared to even visit the area,' said one of witnesses of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
#gujarat #godhra #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #NarodaPatiya #ahmedabad #AntiMuslimRiots #IndianMuslims #rape #HinduMobs #hindutva #BJPStates #india
Solidarity Matters: What Connects Two Struggles in Asia
Fraternity can come only when we stand up for each other, writes Aakar Patel.
#communalism #palestine #india #israel #CommunalViolence #zionism #hindutva #IndianDiaspora #HumanRights #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #TeestaSetalvad #history #solidarity #PalestineSolidarity
https://thewire.in/rights/solidarity-matters-what-connects-two-struggles-in-asia
A Deeper State
Vigilantism and surveillance in Modi’s Gujarat (An excerpt from 'Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India' by Christophe Jaffrelot (Hurst Publishers, February 2024).
#BookExcerpt #gujarat #NarendraModi #communalism #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #modi #BJP #RSS #hindutva #fascism #StateSurveillance #history #IndianHistory #books #bookstodon #histodon #india #ChristopheJaffrelot
https://caravanmagazine.in/excerpt/deeper-state-vigilantism-modi-gujarat-christophe-jaffrelot
The enduring personality cult of Narendra Modi
The formula for the Indian prime minister’s brand of populism was developed in Gujarat, a “laboratory for Hindu nationalism”. (An excerpt from 'Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India' by Christophe Jaffrelot (Hurst Publishers, February 2024).
#BookExcerpt #gujarat #NarendraModi #communalism #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #modi #BJP #RSS #hindutva #fascism #populism #history #IndianHistory #books #bookstodon #histodon #india #ChristopheJaffrelot
Narendra Modi: A Pracharak Morphed into a Politician?
Modi has always claimed that he was “an apolitical CM”. This claim extends back to his first faltering steps in the public arena, which, undeniably, have endowed him with a unique pedigree. But this claim needs to be scrutinised. Extract from Christophe Jaffrelot's 'Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India', to be published on 15 February 2024.
#BookExcerpt #gujarat #NarendraModi #communalism #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #modi #BJP #RSS #hindutva #history #IndianHistory #books #bookstodon #histodon #india #ChristopheJaffrelot
https://thewire.in/books/narendra-modi-a-pracharak-morphed-into-a-politician
Review: K. Balagopal’s 'Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State'
Incisive essays on caste, communalism and rise of state authoritarianism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #fascism #reservations #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
Gujarat Riots Witnesses' Police Protection Removed a Month Ahead of Ram Mandir Event
This decision has been taken 15 years after the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team formed a witness protection cell for the complainants/witnesses of the 2002 riots.
#gujarat #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #GujaratRiotsWitnesses #GujaratGovt #BJP #IndianMuslims #india
Supreme Court Dismisses Bilkis Bano Case Convicts' Plea To Extend Time To Surrender Before Jail Authorities
The Court said that the reasons cited by the convicts seeking extension of time to surrender lacked merits. The convicts will have to surrender before the jail authorities by January 21, the original deadline set by the Court as per its January 8 judgment which set aside their premature release.
#BilkisBanoCase #SupremeCourt #BilkisBano #GujaratPogrom #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #GujaratRiots #hindutva #BJP #gujarat #india
Bilkis Bano's Husband Yakub Patel Silent Pillar Of Support
In a society often bound by patriarchal norms and societal pressure, Patel defied expectations. His determination to stand by Bano went beyond the ordinary.
#BilkisBano #YakubPatel #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #rape #IndianMuslims #BJP #hindutva #india
In Her Own Words: What Bilkis Bano Went Through in 2002
Given the rather glaring trajectory of the case, it is crucial that we re-visit and read Bilkis's tale in her words.
#GujaratPogrom #BilkisBano #GujaratRiots #BilkisBanoCase #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #IndianMuslimWomen #IndianMuslims #BJP #hindutva #GujaratGovt #NarendraModi #modi #gujrat #india
https://thewire.in/rights/in-her-own-words-what-bilkis-bano-went-through-in-2002
Misinformation poses highest risk to India in next two years, says World Economic Forum report
The report comes months before India’s 1.4 billion-strong population heads for parliamentary elections.
#misinformation #disinformation #WorldEconomicForum #elections2024 #BJP #BBCDocumentary #NarendraModi #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #india
Six Things: Bilkis Bano Convicts Being Sent Back to Prison Is a Verdict on Much More
The order draws into focus the centre’s complicity, Modi’s silence on this and reminds India of why cases were shifted out of Gujarat. BJP MLA’s 'sanskari Brahmin' remarks for convicts meets reality and shows that women need to push for justice, the state won’t.
#BilkisBanoCase #SupremeCourt #BilkisBano #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #NarendraModi #hindutva #BJP #gujarat #BJPStates #GujaratGovt #india
https://thewire.in/rights/bilkis-bano-order-meaning-womens-rights-modi
Gujarat government was complicit and acted in tandem with convicts: Supreme Court on early release of Bilkis Bano rape convicts
#BilkisBanoCase #SupremeCourt #GujaratGovt #BilkisBano #gangrape #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #BJP #hindutva #BJPStates #india
The Ayodhya Ram Temple and LK Advani's (Sour) Grapes of Rath
It is difficult to feel sympathy for the man whose yatra has led to what is happening in India today, writes Sidharth Bhatia.
#LKAdvani #BabriMasjidDemolition #RamTemple #RathYatra #MMJoshi #ayodhya #BJP #VHP #HinduMobs #NarendraModi #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #AntiMuslimRiots #hindutva #india
https://thewire.in/politics/the-ayodhya-ram-temple-and-lk-advanis-sour-grapes-of-rath
PM taught rioters such a lesson in 2002 that no one dares to cause riots in Gujarat, says Amit Shah
Speaking at the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra at Sanand in Ahmedabad district, Shah also gave credit to Modi for the abrogation of Article 370 “in a jiffy” and building a temple for Lord Ram, who was otherwise housed in a “tent”.
#gujarat #ahmedabad #AmitShah #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #NarendraModi #BJP #hindutva #IndianMuslims #india
