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GUJARAT 2002

Untold and Re-told Stories of the Hindutva Lab

Critical and cruel as the communal dimension was to the tragedy of Gujarat, what was at stake, additionally, was respect for the rights of all Indians – irrespective of community – that are guaranteed by the Constitution. That Constitution assures the Fundamental Rights of all who dwell in this country, on a non-discriminatory basis, regardless of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

Justice J.S. Verma

Chairperson, NHRC

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

John Chathanatt

FOREWORD

Dr. Ambrose Pinto

INTRODUCING THE BOOK

John Dayal

PART I: ARTICLES

WITNESS TO A POGROM

Seema Mustafa

GANDHI’S GUJARAT?

John Dayal

INTERNATIONAL LAW REMEDIES M. P. Raju

RSS: MARKETING FASCISM AS HINDUTVA

Shamsul Islam

PART II: INVESTIGATION REPORTS

ORDER ON HOLDING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS TO THE GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Election Commission of India

INTERIM REPORT, INTERIM ORDER AND

FINAL REPORT ON GUJARAT

National Human Rights Commission

GUJARAT CARNAGE 2002: A REPORT TO THE NATION

By an Independent Fact Finding Mission

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

John Chathanatt

FOREWORD

Dr. Ambrose Pinto, S.J.

INTRODUCING THE BOOK

John Dayal

PART I: ARTICLES

WITNESS TO A POGROM

Seema Mustafa

GANDHI’S GUJARAT?

John Dayal

INTERNATIONAL LAW REMEDIES M. P. Raju

RSS: MARKETING FASCISM AS HINDUTVA

Shamsul Islam

PART II: INVESTIGATION REPORTS

ORDER ON HOLDING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS TO THE GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Election Commission of India

INTERIM REPORT, INTERIM ORDER AND

FINAL REPORT ON GUJARAT

National Human Rights Commission

GUJARAT CARNAGE 2002: A REPORT TO THE NATION

By an Independent Fact Finding Mission

HOW HAS THE GUJARAT MASSACRE AFFECTED

MINORITY WOMEN? – THE SURVIVORS SPEAK 281

Fact-Finding by a Women’s Panel

HUMAN RIGHTS V/ATCH REPORT 345

COMMUNALISM COMBAT REPORT: Genocide-Gujarat 2002 425

REPORT OFTHE ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S

ASSOCIATION (A1DWA) ‘ 682

RIGHTS AND WRONGS: EDITORS GUILD

FACT FINDING MISSION REPORT 705

By Aakar’Patel, Dileep Padgaonkar & B.G. Verghese

HINDU JAGO CHRISTIBHAGO! 772

Report of the Citizen’s Commission on Persecution of Christians in Gujarat 1998-1999

1998 NISH ANT REPORT 840 A report from the religious cleansing laboratory of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS)

JUSTICE MADON REPORT ON BHIWAND1 RIOTS 1974 895

HXIBITS 996

PART III: SELECT DOCUMENTS & READINGS

(1) People of India: An eye opening study

(2) The constitutional right to religious freedom

(3) Prime Minister’s 15 point programme for minorities in May 1983

(4) A.B. Vajpayee in his own words: “The Sangh is my Soul”

(5) Hindutva’s Foreign Tie-ups in the 1930s 1028

(6) The many children of the Sangh Parivar 1058

(7) V.H.P. in brief: The Sangh’s right fist 1059

(8) V.H.P.’s ties with the tigers ? 1062

(9) Vishwa Hindu Parishad 1065

(10) Hindu Students’ Council 1072

(11) R.S.S, boss K. Sudarshan said on the’Epic War’ 1075

(12) The Hindu right wing mobilised styles 1078

(13) Pogrom funders: Deceit of the rights 1085

(14) The Prohibition on Religious Conversion Bill 1092