After resolutely ignoring the victims of the 2002 communal riots for five years, the Ahmedabad government is now being forced to acknowledge their existence By Deepa A A cluster of unfinished houses stands in two rows in a small clearing in Rajgadh, in Gujarat’s Panchmahal District. Two goats rest on a charpoy outside a house, [...]
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In a small, dark corner of Gujarat
Posted in Gujarat, rehabilitation on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
No War but No Peace
Posted in Gujarat, rehabilitation on February 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Five years after the Gujarat riots, many victims are still struggling to pick up the pieces of their lives. Ignored by the Gujarat government and ostracised by the majority community, Muslims find themselves deprived of jobs, civic, medical and educational facilities, and even a future By Deepa A By the roads of Ahmedabad, and occasionally [...]
