
December 10, 2002 00:00 IST
A few convenient catchphrases are all it takes to sum up the thrust of the BJP’s campaigning in Godhra and other riot-affected areas in...
Tue, Dec 10, 2002
December 07, 2002 00:00 IST
Call it strategy or politics of survival, but the Congress party is peddling soft Hindutva in Gujarat. It’s not just the doublespeak of...
Sat, Dec 07, 2002
December 07, 2002 00:00 IST
For Pandarwada village, two dates took precedence over Id-ul-Fitr on December 6: February 28 and March 1. Over those two days, every house t...
Sat, Dec 07, 2002
December 02, 2002 00:00 IST
The landmark seizure of the Mardia Chemicals’ plant in the industrial town of Vatva by a consortium of lenders means little to Devidas ...
Mon, Dec 02, 2002
November 30, 2002 00:00 IST
The Congress Party’s manifesto for the Gujarat elections, released yesterday demanded ‘‘a white paper on the Godhra episode,&...
Sat, Nov 30, 2002
November 25, 2002 00:00 IST
The BJP’s decision to field a VHP leading light from the Godhra Assembly constituency hasn’t just shocked those who believed the p...
Mon, Nov 25, 2002
November 18, 2002 00:00 IST
In Godhra the battleground was ready: riot-control vehicles of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) had taken positions; armed police personnel had ...
Mon, Nov 18, 2002
November 17, 2002 00:00 IST
The district administration issued prohibitory orders on Saturday banning the assembly of four or more persons in the entire Panchmahals and...
Sun, Nov 17, 2002
November 16, 2002 00:00 IST
Flying in the face of the stand taken by Prime Minister Vajpayee, the Election Commission and Narendra Modi, and defying the ban imposed by ...
Sat, Nov 16, 2002
September 27, 2002 00:00 IST
Told clearly that the Centre and the party could not afford a repeat of the carnage that followed Godhra, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Mo...
Fri, Sep 27, 2002
September 26, 2002 00:00 IST
From a distance, the Akshardham temple looks as imposing as ever. In fact, the Black Cats walking down the stairs make for a picture perfect...
Thu, Sep 26, 2002
September 24, 2002 00:00 IST
On the last day of the third phase of Gujarat Gaurav Yatra, caretaker Chief Minister Narendra Modi seemed a subdued man. In the tribal hinte...
Tue, Sep 24, 2002
September 23, 2002 00:00 IST
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s concern over the country’s exploding population has no communal angle. That it has become s...
Mon, Sep 23, 2002
July 14, 2002 00:00 IST
If this is a test case for justice, the victims have reason to worry. For, in the first verdict delivered in the Gujarat riots last week, al...
Sun, Jul 14, 2002
July 14, 2002 00:00 IST
IT’S utterly, bitterly, salacious at Amul. One of the most recognisable brands in India, the icon of cooperative dairying is facing the...
Sun, Jul 14, 2002
July 08, 2002 00:00 IST
Over 20,000 Muslims in this town have reportedly been rendered jobless since Feb 27. Among them are unauthorised vendors driven out of the s...
Mon, Jul 08, 2002
May 16, 2002 00:00 IST
When Gujarat was burning the day after the Sabarmati train massacre, the demolition of more than 250 illegal shops and cabins belonging to M...
Thu, May 16, 2002
May 14, 2002 00:00 IST
Madinaben doesn’t know if she can call it justice. It took one month for the police to arrest the man she claims raped her 16-year-old ...
Tue, May 14, 2002
May 14, 2002 00:00 IST
Build a 20-foot-high wall around the Godhra railway station and electrify it. Build a new approach road to the station that bypasses a ‘...
Tue, May 14, 2002
May 11, 2002 00:00 IST
It is a mafipatrak (letter of apology) they have been made to sign for offences they say they have not committed. In return, the 13 Muslim f...
Sat, May 11, 2002
May 10, 2002 00:00 IST
Several persons accused in cases of riot and arson in several villages on the outskirts of Vadodara were felicitated at a function organised...
Fri, May 10, 2002
May 10, 2002 00:00 IST
The 500-odd Muslims who shifted to a relief camp 50 km away in Dahod recently returned safely to their houses. No hatred, no terms, only now...
Fri, May 10, 2002
May 04, 2002 00:00 IST
Not just Hindus and Muslims, even the peace-loving Dawoodi Bohra community was caught in the post-Godhra rage of hate. Rioters targetted the...
Sat, May 04, 2002
May 04, 2002 00:00 IST
In order ORDER to curb communal violence in Vadodara district, the police has served notices to many sarpanches who ‘‘failed to in...
Sat, May 04, 2002
May 01, 2002 00:00 IST
The solitary positive story last week, first reported in The Indian Express was from Pandori village in Anand district where over 1,200 Hind...
Wed, May 01, 2002




