Citizens for Justice and Peace
Murder and Lynching, India’s New Normal
14-Oct-2014
By Teesta Setalvad Yesterday (October 13), as I sat down to write this column, my colleague alerted me with this news: Harassed Muslim fodder seller sets himself ablaze in Punjab. The news bulletin on Times of India was from Bhatinda. A Muslim man, who had been selling fodder outside a cow shelter, set himself on fire on…
Firing One Way, to Kill
20-Feb-2013
By Teesta Setalvad Images of the Delhi police lobbing teargas shells and water canons at protesters at India gate agitating against the gang rape of a young girl on a Sunday, December 22 2012 are embedded deep in the nation’s psyche largely the courtesy of our omnipresent twenty four seven news networks, sharpened further by the…