The scene of violence in the name of emotive issues has been continuously throwing new patterns of instigating and orchestrating violence. In recent times we saw the major violence following the demolition of Babri Mosque (1992), Godhra train burning (Gujarat…
In the Name of Holy Cow: Lynching,Lynching’s and more Lynching’s
The lynching of Junaid (June 2017) in the outskirts of Delhi, in a train, did come as a saturation point in the conscience of large sections of society.…
Cow-Beef and Political Scenario
Too many incidents of atrocities against Dalits-Muslims have been making headlines during last two years. Some of these like the one of Una (Gujarat,…
Dalits in Gujarat- A picture of inequality and violence
On 11th July, seven members of a Dalit family were beaten up by manav bhakshaks-cum-extortionists representing themselves as gau rakshaks in Una town of Gujarat. They were mercilessly beaten up with iron pipes, knife and sticks for skinning a dead cow in…
Celebrate Food diversity
It is interesting to see some of the students who organise beef festival terming me as Islamophobe and part of Hindutva game plan since I said food should be celebrated and I wish to say that they could have organised a festival where all kind of people come…
Dadri Beef Rumour Lynching: Observations after a visit to Bisara village
Dadri Beef Rumour Lynching: Observations after a visit to Bisara village on 3rd October, 2015 New Delhi, 05/10/2015 Team members: Bonojit Hussain (New Socialist Initiative), Deepti Sharma (Saheli), Kiran Shaheen (writer and activist), Naveen Chander (New Socialist…