Satish Deshpande
Gujarat after two years of ‘normalcy’
A 2004 critique of the Gujarat carnage remains disturbingly relevant to the reality of the state today
Jan 15, 2013
Between Jhatka and Halal: Gujarat after two years of “normalcy”
For the Muslim victims of communal violence in Gujarat the violence has not ended — it is the difference between immediate hacking (jhatka) and slow death (halal).
Mar 28, 2004
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