[nukkad] The Gujarat riots

["Ravi Menon" <>]

Many a time I have wondered why the riots of 2002 got such a detailed
dissection in the media and the world at large.
Was it just the extent of the pogrom? or was there something else that
was different.
And then like any other issue I "realised" it was the marketing!
The Hindu Gujarati has always had a deep rooted hatred for the Muslim
man perhaps from the many invasions and plunder of Gujarat that hosted
the Somnath temple? Perhaps the many raids have left it inscribed on
their DNA map.
2002 was not the first and before the Congress government claim the
BJP were communal I think what happened before needs to be looked at
as well!
Read below from an article in the BBC archives.
"Ahmedabad was also the scene of riots between Hindus and Muslims in
1969 which led to the deaths of at least 1,000 people.
At the time there was a dispute over the leadership of the Congress
Party between Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai."

Read the rest of the article here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1850759.stm

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