Hapur (UP): Nineteen-year-old Anas, whose father survived a mob attack two months ago in which another man died, is still trying to find his bearings and resume a normal life. At his home in Madapur village, a little over 50 km from the national capital, Anas looks at his mother and then at the firewood ‘chulha’. It’s half past 6 in …
Watching the abject horror of 28-year-old Rakbar Khan’s murder unfold in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, a year after a murderous mob of cow vigilantes bludgeoned Pehlu Khan to death, many would find it disconcerting and disheartening that it was left to the Supreme Court to point to the culture of violent intolerance that is rapidly enveloping India’s hinterland. The past three …
By Nazneen Mohsina The recent episode of mob lynching in Rajasthan has reopened the festering wounds of rising religious violence in India. Majoritarian fundamentalism and violations to freedom of religion continue to increase in India, posing a threat to its strong tradition of religious diversity, mutual respect for religion and co-existence. On July 20, cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Alwar district attacked …
BY: Ashutosh Mishra Image for representation When the Supreme Court of India had to ask the Centre to frame a law to end mob lynching, it was clear that somewhere the authorities concerned or the people responsible were not doing their job. Hapur mob lynching victim, Qasim, was seen being dragged by the mob in the presence of police. Rakbar …
by Taboola As outrage rises over cow-related lynchings, the government has responded by appointing a high-level committee to study the growing menace. They have also issued an advisory asking states to rein in the violence, the second in a month. These generic measures have been received with skepticism, all the more given the ruling establishment’s ambiguous response to cow …
By Barkha DuttJuly 24Email the author There is a repugnant euphemism that has entered the lexicon of Indian prime-time television lately. “Cow vigilantes” has become contemporary shorthand for murderous right-wing mobs who kill Muslims simply for being Muslim. They shelter behind the misleading respectability of the euphemism. For us in the media to use the word “vigilantism” to describe hate crimes against …
By ANGSHUMAN CHOUDHURY July 20 was a rather strange day for India’s democracy. On the one hand, the Lok Sabha, lower house of the federal parliament, in a long and unusually eventful session, debated a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition parties against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government with much gusto. It was a high-voltage session – peppered with plenty …
NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court urged the government to pass a new anti-lynching law and to stop the spread of Internet rumors after dozens of people were killed in a string of mob attacks fueled largely by social media. In recent weeks, violent lynchings sparked by rumors of child-kidnapping gangs or organ- harvesting rings have claimed more than two dozen …
By Vijaita Singh and Yuthika Bharagava Left to grieve: Relatives of people lynched by villagers in Raainpada, near Dhule. | Photo Credit: Pravin Khare Over 20 people have died in mob attacks triggered by fake news, and experts say social media should deploy technology to stop the mischief A promotional video on child safety made by an advertising agency in Karachi …
Union Minister Jayant Singh has triggered outrage after he posed in photographs with eight men convicted of lynching a Muslim trader in Jharkhand, and welcomed them at his residence near Hazaribagh. In photographs of the meeting that emerged on Friday, Singh is seen with the convicted men who are wearing garlands. On June 29, last year, a mob of over …
