Gujarat has moved on

Gujarat was not the first major religious riot in post-Partition India and not the worst either in terms of human loss. Why then does it stand out and why are its memories so marked? Why is the perception that Gujarat 2002 was singularly abominable — which in comparison to previous and similar events it was not — so difficult to erase? Indeed which are the forces that have made Gujarat bigger than previous such infractions — and, paradoxically, do they carry the potential to ensure that Gujarat...

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