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)

1992-’93 Riots trial: Convicted Sena leader has a difficult choice to make (Jyoti Punwani, Mumbai Mirror, 4 July 2013)

Why Amnesia Surrounds Mumbai 1992-93 (Sutanu Guru and Danish Reyaz, The Sunday Indian, 29 April 2012)

Communal Riots: Murderers At Large (Sayantan Chakravarty, Sheela Raval and Farzand Ahmed, CounterCurrents, 21 July 2003)

Rahul Gandhi's remarks insult Mumbai's riot victims (Jyoti Punwani, DNA, 30 October 2013)

Minority Images In The Indian Print Media (Siddharth Varadarajan, CounterCurrents, 25 May 2010)

Mumbai riots exposed both English and Urdu press (Jyoti Punwani, The Hoot, 25 August 2012)

Court Reporting:

Four Memons convicted in 1993 blasts case (Swati Deshpande, The Times of India, 13 September 2006)

One more convicted in 1993 blasts case (The Hindu, 20 September 2006)

1993 blasts: Three more convicted (Anshika Misra, DNA, 3 November 2006)

1993 blasts: Four more convicted (Mustafa Plumber, Hindustan Times, 10 November 2006)

Court reduces sentence of 1992 Mumbai riots accused (Hindustan Times, 5 May 2003)

Shiv Sena leader gets bail for hate speech during 1992 riots (Rediff, 15 May 2003)

Sena leaders to fight conviction for hate speech in ’92-93 riots (Jyoti Punwani, Mumbai Mirror, 6 March 2013)

In Mumbai, a quiet blow against hate speech (Jyoti Punwani, The Hindu, 10 May 2013)

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