Communalism
Stories of love and hate | Remembering the Gujarat Carnage 20 years later | Siddharth Vardarajan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBfkiMUkAE Feb 25, 2022 Citizens for Justice and Peace Renowned journalist, editor and academic Siddharth Vardarajan reads out his story about the price of love in times of hate. "I love you Geetaben from the bottom of my heart" The story was published by the Times of India in April 2002, when Vardarajan was the deputy-editor. He has also authored the book, Gujarat- the Making of a Tragedy
20 Years of 2002 Gujarat Riots | Unscripted Ft. Rana Ayyub https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_2IyTv5Cr2U 1984 sikh genocide if there was justice then , then 1993 would not have occured, nor would 2002..
Gujarat 2002 - 2022 Memories of Struggle | Music and Conversation https://youtu.be/Z61ddJmeULI 27th Feb 2022 Human Rights Defender and CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad brings together activist-musician TM Krishna and actor Naseeruddin Shah to host special conversations and live music with survivors and families of victims of the genocide.
The build-up to Gujarat Carnage of 2002 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKXgHOldiUQ Feb 22, 2022 Citizens for Justice and Peace
For many years before the Gujarat carnage, Communalism Combat, a magazine edited by Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, had been exposing ominous signs of a build-up of Hindutva extremism in the state. From open distribution of Trishuls in the state to politicisation of the police force, the tell tale signs of a coming collapse of communal amity could be seen all around. Teesta Setalvad takes us through the years leading up to what is popularly touted as a ‘spontaneous’ reaction of a peaceful majority.
When Shubha Mudgal honoured the victims of Gujarat carnage at the Gulberg society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXmrZqBEKek Feb 24, 2022
On 27th February 2012, CJP organized a memorial to mark ten years of Gujarat Carnage. Celebrated musicians Shubha Mudgal, Aneesh Pradhan and Sudhir Patwardhan perform in Gulberg Society, Ahmedabad in the presence of almost 1000 survivors and human rights activists
A Genocide Emergency is declared when the genocidal process has reached the stage of genocidal massacres and other acts of genocide. https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages
In December 2021 in Hardiwar, Hindutva leaders openly incited genocide against Muslims.
Genocide Watch recognizes the Modi BJP government's state-sponsored attack on the Muslim community
as
Stage 6: Polarization,
Stage 7: Preparation, and
Stage 8: Persecution.
Modi’s statements at Aligarh Muslim University perversely claiming that his new laws are intended to "uplift the Muslim community"
demonstrate Stage 10: Denial. https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.137.163/v89.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Genocide-Emergency-India-2021-2.pdf
Full Story: How Accused in Naroda Gam Massacre Case Were Acquitted? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXNGaPpaOVw The wire May 1, 2023
साल 2014 के बाद एक पैटर्न देखने को मिलता है कि गुजरात दंगे के आरोपी लगातार रिहा होने लगे। नरेंद्र मोदी को भी साल 2022 में क्लीन चिट दे दिया गया। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अगस्त 2022 में गुजरात दंगों के 9 में से 8 मामलों को बंद करने का आदेश दे दिया। तो इस वीडियो में इसी विषय पर बात की गई है कि ऐसा कहना क्यों उचित है कि गुजरात दंगों के लिए न्याय करने की कोशिश कभी नहीं की गई?
The Soul-Wounds of Massacre, or Why We Should Not Forget the 2002 Gujarat Pogrom https://thewire.in/communalism/2002-gujarat-anti-muslim-pogrom 27/FEB/2022 This article is extracted from Harsh Mander's book: Between Memory and Forgetting: Massacre and the Modi Years in Gujarat, Yoda Press, 2019.
Every second Indian was born and raised in times of aggressive majoritarianism, and also in neoliberal India, with no memory of another country, as it was imagined, and imperfectly lived.
Is Islam in India under threat? । ALLAH NAAM KI SIYASAT by Hilal Ahmed BOOK REVIEW Jan 21, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bit46tg2q9o Hilal Ahmed's book "Allah Naam Ki Siyasat" sheds light on the relationship between the basic tenets of Islam and the state of mind of Muslims in Indian society. The book has come at a time when there is a lot of misunderstanding and ignorance about Muslims and Islam in India. Is. This book is not only an attempt to overcome this challenge, it also discusses in depth all the burning questions arising in the context of Islam and Muslims in India after independence. Discussion on this book with author Hilal Ahmed
What's "secularism"? by S Sen in whats app
There're various models available.
In the UK, the head of the state is also the head of the church; yet it's, generally, considered secular and, in fact, that image tallies with the daily life experience of the citizens, in general, and the followers of minority faiths in particular.
In the US, the President takes oath on the Bible.
The official speeches, quite often, end with the exhortation: God bless America!
In India, "secularism" is meant to have, mainly, two dimensions:
(i) equality in the eyes of law and
(ii) respect for plurality in public space.
It doesn't mean denigration of religion - an unavoidable evil, and limiting its scope, in public space, to the minimum.
To my mind, right at this moment, we have to direct our energies towards defending pluralism.
Kavita Krishnan's text has done precisely that.
The fight for women's rights have to be conducted in unison.
In fact, we've so many fights to fight.
At a given moment which of these would be foregrounded would depend on the specific context.
Abetted By State Govt, Hindu Group In Himachal Pradesh Burns Crops, Demands Eviction Of Muslim Tribe https://article-14.com/post/abetted-by-state-govt-hindu-group-in-himachal-pradesh-burns-crops-demands-eviction-of-muslim-tribe-620c68c3c8191 KAPIL KAJAL 16 Feb 2022
Muslim Gujjars are a scheduled tribe, legally and constitutionally protected from eviction from their traditional forest land. Himachal’s Gujjars—who do not follow many Islamic practices, such as hijabs for women and praying five times a day—were notified as a scheduled tribe 55 years ago in 1966.
The ripping out of electricity meters and burning of cow sheds are part of a campaign launched against the Gujjars of Indora on the instigation of the VHP, which alleged a “land jihad”—an unsubtantiated trope often used by Hindu extremists and media that support them—via encroachments on pastures.