I see a pattern emerging too. This is slow ethnic cleansing.
Apoorvanand with Ali Javed and Satish Deshpande
It has been ten days since the Muslims of Atali have returned. Normalcy has been restored. Or it is being restored, if we are to believe the grave voice of the police officer on the phone who very politely advises us against entering this Haryana village that was hit by anti-Muslim violence on 25th May.
“Please come back after a week. The situation is very sensitive here, you should understand. A misinformed ‘outside’ intervention might break the delicate peace we have managed here.”
We do not want to test the patience of the police men and women guarding the peace of Atali, braving the merciless sun beating down on them.
“We are here precisely to understand this process of restoration of peace,” we make a vain attempt to convince the officer. “Your academic curiosity can wait, we cannot take a chance with…
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