It is an area of deep concern that brutality of communal riots and the terrror and trauma left behind in their AFTERMATH are measured by the cognoscenti by statistics - number of dead and injured!
All that the stats show conclusively, if ever proof was required, is the sordid side of our republic. Minorities - Sikhs, Muslims, Christians and the disenfranchised - dalits and tribals are at the receiving end of conflagarations. Perpetrators of violence and agent provocateurs, are protected by the establishment and hardly (if ever) brought to book! Some even go on to make it big in politics!
Kanchan Gupta's column is distressing. She is judge and jury on the cause of the Sabarmati express fire. Even as the Godhra enquiry and the Banerjee commission continue investigations! So much for justice and fairness as she accuses all and sundry (other than BJP) of lack of fairplay!
There is no concern that victims of communal violence have not got justice! All that matters to her , it appears, is that victims of communal violence did not get justice with the Congress so why hold the BJP responsible when they fool around with the system of justice? And KG is an honourable journo!
