Vivek Agnihotri: Gujarat Riots Film Query Answered, Director Details Agenda
#film #GujaratRiots #VivekAgnihotri
https://blazetrends.com/vivek-agnihotri-gujarat-riots-film-query-answered-director-details-agenda/?fsp_sid=95793
Vivek Agnihotri: Gujarat Riots Film Query Answered, Director Details Agenda
#film #GujaratRiots #VivekAgnihotri
https://blazetrends.com/vivek-agnihotri-gujarat-riots-film-query-answered-director-details-agenda/?fsp_sid=95793
Zakia Jafri, wife of former Cong MP killed in 2002 Gujarat riots, dies in Ahmedabad
ZAKIA JAFRI, the wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, died on Saturday (01) in Ahmedabad at the age of 86....
https://www.indiaweekly.biz/zakia-jafri-ehsan-jafri-wife-gujarat-riots/
#ZakiaJafri #EhsanJafri #Wife #dead #GujaratRiots #Ahmedabad #India
How Modi's gruesome politics have always been hiding in plain sight
Christophe Jaffrelot's 'Gujarat Under Modi' meticulously details how for 14 years as its chief minister, Modi used Gujarat as his test laboratory for the nightmare brand of Hindu nationalism now dominating India. Peter Oborne writes.
#BookReview #ChristopheJaffrelot #gujarat #NarendraModi #BJP #hindutva #GujaratRiots #IndianMuslims #minorities #books #bookstodon #india
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/india-elections-modi-gruesome-politics-hiding-plain-sight
India Deserves a Better Media
Mainstream news channels have been in thrall to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A ragtag army of small independent media is helping to save democracy. Mukul Kesavan writes.
#media #NarendraModi #ProGovernmentMedia #TimesNow #IndiaToday #RepublicTV #PressFreedom #GauriLankesh #GujaratRiots #BJP #communalism #hindutva #misinformation #modi #india
Christophe Jaffrelot on the Need to 'Revalorise' the Constitution
'What we see now is that it's not so complicated to twist the arms of bureaucrats, it's not so complicated to appoint bureaucrats who are prepared to implement your policy.'
#interview #ChristopheJaffrelot #IndianConstitution #polarisation #CommunalRiots #GujaratRiots #RSS #BJP #adani #dalits #ElectionCommission #PressFreedom #NREGA #dissent #NarendraModi #books #bookstodon #india
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
Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election
At least 10 releases before the election amplify Modi’s political agenda and vilify critics and opponents – sparing not even Mahatma Gandhi.
#bollywood #hindutva #FascistCinema #BJP #JNU #islamophobia #savarkar #ConspiracyTheories #MKGandhi #GujaratPogroms #GujaratRiots #disinformation #history #cinema #elections2024 #NarendraModi #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