2002 Gujarat Riots: Revisiting The Event Which Reconfigured India's Politics

Where were you on 27 February 2002 as India witnessed one of its bloodiest Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat over three days prompted by the burning of a train in Godhra?

Twenty years since the Gujarat riots which led to at least a thousand deaths, there are still many questions and elusive answers about how a large-scale massacre could take place over a span of three days.

Who started the fire in coach S-6 of Sabarmati Express? Was the state complicit in the violence that followed in the aftermath? In this episode of Where Were You When we revisit the event.

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Interviews (In order of appearance) Jatin Vaghela, son of Rajesh Vaghela — a karsevak who died in Godhra train burning incident Imtiyaz Khan, survivor of Gulberg Society massacre Shama Pathan, Gujarat 2002 riots survivor Rakesh Sharma, documentary filmmaker

Voiceover and Production: Shorbori Editor: Shelly Walia Music: Big Bang Fuzz Sounds: Freesound, Doordarshan, Final Solution

News articles and references:

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Communal Riots in Gujarat: The State at Risk? by Christophe Jaffrelot

Naroda Patiya Riots: A Timeline of the Case that Killed 97 Muslims

Timeline of the Riots in Modi’s Gujarat

History of Communal Violence in Gujarat

15 years after Godhra, we still don’t know who lit the fire

Is Godhra Violence Still Shaping India’s Political Discourse 20 Years On?

Revisiting Sabarmati Express Fire That Engulfed Gujarat in 2002

Gulberg Society: The case so far

Nanavati panel gives Modi clean chit in post-Godhra riots

Supreme Court to peruse 2002 Gujarat riots’ SIT closure report

Not Shielded Anybody In 2002 Riots: Probe Team Tells Supreme Court

The 2002 Gujarat riots cases and their statuses so far

2002 Gulberg massacre: Gujarat HC suspends life term of three more convicts

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