Gujarat 2.0
Nearly 25 people have lost their lives and more than 200 injured in the three days of well-planned and targeted mob attacks in North East Delhi. The city’s markets, vehicles,…
Elections in Gujarat
This past week saw elections for in the Indian state of Gujarat. The elections were held in two phases and vote counting will begin on Dec 18. But first some…
Challenging the Gujarat narrative
Tenacious individuals are increasingly carrying out the task of investigative journalism in India without the grudging help of newspapers or TV channels. Fortunately, so far, they have succeeded in the…
No absolution for Gujarat massacre
Ever since Ahmedabad magistrate BJ Ganatra rejected Zakia Jafri’s petition in the Gujarat carnage case in December and held that Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not part of the “larger…
Gujarat’s right-wing leader poised for premiership bid
Right-wing Indian politician Narendra Modi looks set for a greater role in national politics after winning a third electoral victory to lead the western state of Gujarat Thursday, but not…
Modi’s Gujarat defies Gandhi’s India
The past is never dead, wrote William Faulkner, in fact it’s not even past. The past lives on and smoulders in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat. Ten years after the worst communal…
Monsoon justice for Modi’s Gujarat
I haven’t seen such heavy rains in India in years. It never seems to stop raining, although it has made little difference to the perennial power cuts, not to mention…
Time for justice in Gujarat
Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, celebrated Jan 26, India’s Republic Day, by parading the constitution of India on an elephant. No doubt he was reaffirming his oath to uphold…
Carving out new provinces
If stories doing the rounds in the media are to be believed, the government is planning to get the constitution amended to create new provinces. The call to add to…
India’s Trishul exercise
India has announced Exercise Trishul, projecting the tri-service choreography as a display of post-Operation Sindoor confidence – presenting failure as success. But beneath the theatre of jointness lies a deeper…
