India: Snoopgate and the Gujarat Model of Governance

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Divided they stand in Modi's land | Amanda Hodge

Divided they stand in Modi's land

Amanda Hodge

The Australian, November 30, 2013 12:00AM

THE doorway to slain Gujarat MP Ehsan Jafri's house is a tangled riot of perfume and colour, with fallen purple bougainvillea leaves teetering on a sea of wild mint and basil.

Inside there is only crumbling bricks and mortar.

All traces of the family that lived in this corner of prosperous Ahmedabad,

Gujarat snoop scandal: Why BJP’s ‘daddy’ defence is shameful by Lakshmi Chaudhry | Firstpost.com

Gujarat snoop scandal: Why BJP’s ‘daddy’ defence is shameful
by Lakshmi Chaudhry
Nov 18, 2013

As the political drama over the now infamous Amit Shah tapes unfolds, it is difficult to decide which is more dismaying: the offence or its impassioned defence. According to the evidence presented on the audio recordings, the home minister of Gujarat employed critical law enforcement resources of the

Why is Madhu Kishwar Maligning Mansi Soni – Investigate the Stalker | Mukul Sinha

Truth of Gujarat, November 17, 2013


Why is Madhu Kishwar Maligning Mansi Soni – Investigate the Stalker
Mukul Sinha November 17, 2013 |

Narendra Modi Stalking Mansi-Soni-Amit-Shah-Madhuri

As reported by NewsRoomPost.com, when Madhu Kishwar, a self-acclaimed women’s activist and a staunch supporter of Modi, was asked by NewsRoomPost to react to the Gulail-CobraPost exposé regarding the

Modi exposes weaknesses of India's democratic institutions | The Times of India

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cursor/entry/modi-exposes-weaknesses-of-india-s-democratic-institutions

Modi exposes weaknesses of India's democratic institutions
TK Arun
16 November 2013, 01:42 PM IST

The report that Amit Shah made the Gujarat police carry out extensive, intrusive and wholly illegal surveillance of a young woman at Narendra Modi’s behest in 2009 casts a dark shadow

Hindutva, the Gujarat Style | Rathin Das

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Hindutva, the Gujarat Style

Rathin Das, November
9, 2013 








Jay Hindu Rashra caps distributed
in rath yatra at Ahmedabad
Opinions will obviously remain
divided over how far away the six-decade-old Indian republic is from a
proclaimed, or at least, perceived ‘Hindu Rashtra’.

By building the world's tallest statue, Modi is hoping his stature will also rise

Business Standard, November 7, 2013

Constructing a 'taller' leader

Bharat Bhushan

In embarking on building the world's tallest statue, Modi is hoping his stature will also rise - if not across India then at least in Gujarat

The construction of a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the tallest in the world, is also about adding inches to the stature of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya

Silence speaks more | Christophe Jaffrelot

Indian Express, November 07 2013

Silence speaks more

Christophe Jaffrelot

Modi attempts a new tone towards Muslims. But facts from Gujarat tell another story.

In 2002, during the election campaign that followed the Gujarat violence, Narendra Modi made at least one controversial speech targeting Muslims. On September 9, in Mehsana district, he described the relief camps where riot victims had

India - Gujarat: Ahmedabad's Hindu neighbourhoods and Muslim ghettos

The Hindu, October 28, 2013

Worlds apart in a divided city

Darshan Desai

ACROSS THE ROAD: In contrast to their Hindu neighbourhoods, an increasing number of Muslim ghettos are stories that portray grave neglect and discrimination. Photo: Rajvi Desai



Muslims, who used to live across Ahmedabad, are now increasingly flocking to ghettos, mostly along the city’s fringes

Sajid Row Houses in

Laboratory of Fascism: Capital, Labour and Environment in Modi’s Gujarat | Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah

Laboratory of Fascism: Capital, Labour and Environment in Modi’s Gujarat

by Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah

We are caught in a false debate in which the reality is presented in an erroneous perception. Narendra Modi, the perpetrator of 2002 carnage is counter posed with Mr. Modi the “development leader”. We call it a false debate, since for us, who have lived and grown in Gujarat over the past

Conversions in Gujarat: Whom does Modi represent?

Kashmir Times, October 18, 2013


By Badri Raina

In the wake of his conflict with Gandhi over the caste/Dalit question, B.R.Ambedkar, later to be the chief architect of India's Constitution making, had determined, as early as 1935-the year the Government of India Act was passed-to leave the Hindu fold.

Upon a deeply considered evaluation of the social content of all major religious faiths,

Creating Fear or realizing the threat? Madani and Modi - A comment

Creating Fear or realizing the threat?

Mahmood Madani’s statement (16th Oct 2013) that fear is being created by Congress against Modi for winning Muslim votes seems to be part of Madani’s own political ambitions rather than a reality. What Modi has done during his tenure as the Gujarat Chief Minister speaks for what he stands for? The massacre of thousands of Muslims in Gujarat, aided and

India: A teacher in Gujarat stands up against the govt dress code rules for teachers

From: Indian Express

Teacher stands up to Gujarat govt dress code, writes to Narendra Modi
Ritu Sharma : Ahmedabad, Thu Oct 10 2013, 21:50

ModiNarendra Modi had given the appointment letters to teaching assistants that had a code of conduct asking teachers to wear sarees.

A government girls primary school teacher in Chikhodra village of Anand district has written to Chief Minister Narendra

India: CBI summons BJP leaders over alleged conspiracy to protect Amit Shah

The CBI has served notices to BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar and Bupendra Yadav to appear for questioning in connection with a sting operation which purportedly shows the leaders discussing ways to protect Amit Shah, former Gujarat Home Minister, in a case where is he accused of murder. A Public Interest Litigation or PIL filed in the Supreme Court claims that a journalist named Pushp Kumar Sharma

India: When Modi deciphers Gandhi - Editorial in Free Press Journal

Free Press Journal
September 27, 2013 12:04:13 AM | By FPJ Bureau

Editorial: When Modi deciphers Gandhi

He has used his old trick to introduce a connection between his unabashed personal desire to be the prime minister with a 63-year-old Gandhian goal

There are enough indicators in Modi’s track record to assess the ruthless manner with which he deals with his political opponents. Indeed, there

India: The chilling familiarity of Muzaffarnagar [and a deathly silence on a draft bill to fix accountability for communal violence] Farah Naqvi

The Hindu, September 18, 2013

The chilling familiarity of Muzaffarnagar

by Farah Naqvi

Riot follows riot with sickening regularity but there is only a deathly silence on a draft bill to fix accountability for communal violence and guarantee justice and compensation to victims

In communal politics, facts matter less than fiction. The spin and narrative are what make “riots” unique — violence

India: What BJP’s PM-aspirant stands for: Development or riot politics? (G. Sampath )

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What BJP’s PM-aspirant stands for: Development or riot politics?
Modi’s journey to the top has been paralleled by a similar rise in the frequency of communal incidents

G. Sampath

First Published: Tue, Sep 17 2013. 12 55 PM IST
Narendra Modi’s coronation as the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate is a clear message to the world that the Hindutva agenda is back on centre stage. Photo:

India: Modi’s ‘Vanzara’ Moment - Encounter killings as State Policy?

by Subhash Gatade

Resignation letters of suspended officers - who are in jail under serious charges- are never a cause of concern for the powers that be. But with Dahyaji Gobarji Vanzara, suspended DIG of Gujarat police and head of its Anti Terrorist Squad, who once happened to be very close to the powers that be and has the potential of further embarrassing them, situation is entirely

India: Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case - Journalist moves SC against BJP leaders

From: The Times of India

Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case: Journalist moves SC against BJP leaders
Josy Joseph, TNN | Sep 2, 2013, 01.42 PM IST

Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case: Journalist moves SC against BJP leaders
BJP leader Amit Shah is an accused in the murder of Tulsiram Prajapati and Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausarbi.

NEW DELHI: An investigative journalist has moved