Resources

Reports

The People's Verdict
The Bombay the Fascists Could Not Burn
The Bombay Riots - Myths & Realities
Bombay's Shame

Research Studies

Banerjee, S, 1996. The Feminization of Violence in Bombay: Women in the Politics of the Shiv Sena. Asian Survey, [Online]. 36(12), 1213-1225. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2645576 [Accessed 15 July 2014].

Banerjee, S, 1997. The Saffron Wave: The Eleventh General Elections in Maharashtra. Economic and Political Weekly, [Online]. 32(40), 2551-2560. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4405925 [Accessed 15 July 2014].

Themes

Dislocation

Additional Resources

Island city: Mumbai then and now (Naresh Fernandes, Live Mint, 7 December 2012)

Anxiety Rises in a Muslim Enclave Near Bombay (Amy Waldman, The New York Times, 1 September 2003)

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News Archive

On-field reporting as the events occurred.

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Struggle for Justice

Additional Resources

The Mumbai riots in historic context (Ashgar Ali Engineer, The Hindu, 8 May 2012)

In Remembrance of Horrors Past (Jyoti Punwani, Kracktivist, 15 December 2012)

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News Archive

On-field reporting as the events occurred.

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Hardening Divides

News Archive

On-field reporting as the events occurred.

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Additional Resources

What Saamna said (Frontline, 5-18 August 2000)

No Muslims please! (Arefa Tehsin, The Hindu, 20 October 2013)

In Mumbai, a ‘no rent, no sale’ policy (Rahi Gaikwad, The Hindu, 16 July 2012)

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Media Representation

Additional Resources

Verdict against Sena's provocative speech (Smruti Koppikar, Hindustan Times, 8 May 2013)

Revisiting the riots of '93 - Role of the Media (Sharmila Ganesan Ram, Communalism Watch, 10 February 2013)

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News Archive

On-field reporting as the events occurred.

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Peace Initiatives

Additional Resources

Asghar Ali Engineer: An inspiring clip from Anand Patwardhan's film (Communalism Watch, 18 May 2013)

Book review of Justice Before Reconciliation by Dipankar Gupta (Mahtab Alam, Communalism Watch, 7 September 2012)

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News Archive

On-field reporting as the events occurred.

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Interview Transcripts

Transcript of interview with Satish Sahney.

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Transcript of interview with P K Shajahan.

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Transcript of interview with Justice Srikrishna.

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Transcript of interview with Julio Ribeiro.

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Transcripts of interviews from Framing 92.

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Transcript of interview from Flashpoint.

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Transcripts of interviews from Farooq vs the State.

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Transcript of interview from Ek Akhri Panah.

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Transcript of interview from Badalte Nakshe.

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Transcripts of interviews from the film Aman Ki Khoj.

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Exploring Themes

Dislocation
Hardening Divides
Struggle for Justice
Peace Initiatives
Media Representation

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