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Remembering \'Daar ji\' and the Anti-Sikh riots of 1984: Twenty five years after Operation Blue Star
A quarter century has elapsed since the horrific anti-Sikh riots had engulfed parts of North India including Delhi. Though it seems ages ago, but to my mind, it's still fresh. I was eight when the anti-Sikh pogrom shook the nation due to the Congre...
Terrorism & Bomb Blasts in India: Hindus, Muslims, Communalism and other issues
It's tough to write a post after any terror strike as it has become a regular occurrence in this country and clearly we [India] are the worst victims of terrorism in the world. Which country has faced so many serial blasts in most of its big cities i...
Communal Vs Secular Comics: Amar Chitra Katha & others
You may laugh at the mere mention of 'communal comics'. But the cartoons and comics are to be taken seriously as they play an important role in shaping the minds of children.I was reading Tehelka's last issue where Nisha Susan did a review of Delhi-b...
State's softness on Bajrang Dal, VHP and allied organisations
1. Two persons including an RSS activist and a former Bajrang Dal activist were killed while allegedly making bombs in Kanpur recently and police recovered explosives, timers and other devices from the room, but it didn't make much of a news.Except a...
Indore riot: How governments can stop and 'allow' a riot
For two days Indore burnt and the government officials said that they were not prepared for this. Didn't they know Indore has become one of the most communally volatile cities in India where every few months there is a communcal clash, because of th...
The 'communal' scrap-dealer
A junk-dealer comes at your door and when you ask the price at which he will buy the old newpapers, he says "Don't worry, I will give the right money, I am not like Muslims, who are cheats". Now, if you are a Muslim, will you be angry, hurt or get in...
Tehelka's landmark sting 'Operation Kalank' on Mass Murders in Modi-land: Gujarat Genocide
A shocked nation watched in disbelief the revelations about Gujarat riots on Television. Now it is time Modi along with all those caught on camera are charged with conspiracy and murders.Leaders, and if not leaders, then individuals and NGOs must get...
Boy holds gun at RSS function: What he is aiming at?
The photograph shows a child, a member of the RSS, holding a rifle.What he is aiming at, I have no idea. Is this the age for a boy to be handed the weapon? All fundamentalist organisations irrespective of the region and religion, indoctrinate early...
Where is poet Vali's tomb, asks High Court
It was five years ago when the tomb of poet Vali Gujarati (also known as Vali Dakni) was demolished and a road was constructed overnight, leaving no trace of the mazaar. The mob that destroyed the heritage of their own state, went ahead with building...
The inflammatory anti-Muslim CD & BJP's lies
IBN 18 exposed the lies of BJP on the controversial anti-Muslim CD that was supposed to polarise the voters on communal lines.The dramatic picturisation of two Muslim youths, dressed as Hindus and buying cows to butcher them, about Muslims giving bi...
